Otjozondjupa football official Ndjoonduezu jailed

THE Otjozondjupa Football Region’s vice chairman, Gerson Ndjoonduezu, was arrested yesterday after assault charges were brought against him by his chairman, Manfred Boois, shortly after the Namibia Football Association’s congress at the end of last month.

Boois, who is wheelchair-bound, claimed that he was assaulted by Ndjoonduezu during the congress after the two men argued about which candidate they should vote for. Police yesterday confirmed the arrest of Ndjoonduezu, who is expected to appear in court today.The two officials were involved in a fracas while the congress was in progress at the Safari Court Hotel in Windhoek, which saw Boois being flung out of his wheelchair as the two got involved in a tussle over a ballot paper.Boois ended up in hospital with a broken leg.The incident took place in full view of top Fifa officials Jerome Champagne and Ashford Mamelodi, who were in the country as observers, but who failed to take any action.Ndjoonduezu wanted to vote for newly elected NFA president John Muinjo, while Boois wanted to cast his vote for Hendrik Dawids, who was later defeated by nine votes to six by Muinjo.The Otjozondjupa vote did eventually not count at the elections, as it was declared null and void.Yesterday, Boois’s sister-in-law, Yvonne Boois, told The Namibian Sport that the Boois family was now at peace after the arrest of Ndjoonduezu.”I don’t want to talk much about the issue at this stage.The law will take its course and we will pick it up from there,” she said.Police yesterday confirmed the arrest of Ndjoonduezu, who is expected to appear in court today.The two officials were involved in a fracas while the congress was in progress at the Safari Court Hotel in Windhoek, which saw Boois being flung out of his wheelchair as the two got involved in a tussle over a ballot paper.Boois ended up in hospital with a broken leg.The incident took place in full view of top Fifa officials Jerome Champagne and Ashford Mamelodi, who were in the country as observers, but who failed to take any action.Ndjoonduezu wanted to vote for newly elected NFA president John Muinjo, while Boois wanted to cast his vote for Hendrik Dawids, who was later defeated by nine votes to six by Muinjo.The Otjozondjupa vote did eventually not count at the elections, as it was declared null and void.Yesterday, Boois’s sister-in-law, Yvonne Boois, told The Namibian Sport that the Boois family was now at peace after the arrest of Ndjoonduezu.”I don’t want to talk much about the issue at this stage.The law will take its course and we will pick it up from there,” she said.