Nearly a year after Namibian Police inspector general Joseph Shikongo was involved in a fatal car accident in northern Namibia, the police have not yet completed the investigations into the accident.
Shikongo was involved in a head-on collision in December last year on the Ondangwa-Oshikango road, in which Frans Ndengu, Stefanus Lukas and Sofia Ananias died on the scene.
The Namibian Police subsequently announced it was investigating Shikongo for culpable homicide, reckless driving and negligent driving.
Oshakati High Court chief clerk Asser Aregab told The Namibian yesterday that the police submitted the docket to the Office of the Prosecutor General at the Oshakati High Court on 31 July.
That very same day, the docket was referred back to the police for further investigations.
“It was referred to the office of the regional commander for certain things to be complied with. It went out for further police investigation. It could have been returned on 5 December, then they came back before 5 December to comply with those issues,” he said.
The docket will be expected back with the prosecutor general after instructions from the Office of the Prosecutor General to the Namibian Police have been met, he said.
Oshana regional commander commissioner Naftal Sakaria referred The Namibian to police headquarters in Windhoek.
Police deputy inspector general Elias Mutota yesterday said the control prosecutor at the Oshakati High Court referred the docket back to the police in October, not July.
He said the control prosecutor wanted the police to comply with certain instructions.
“As we speak, most of the instructions have been complied with, only one that has not been complied with because we want to confirm something with the forensic team. The deadline is not 5 December, it’s 15 December so we are still within the time frame,” Mutota said.
Three weeks ago, the families of the deceased threatened to institute legal action against Shikongo if he does not meet with them.
“If Shikongo does not meet us before 30 December this year, we will sue him for the accident in which our children died. It looks like it’s deliberate because he has not apologised to us or to come and talk to the families,” Ester Ndengu, the sister of Frans Ndengu said.
Ndengu said they have pleaded with Shikongo all year to meet them but this has not come to fruition.
“We will sue him if he does not come to us. If he cannot pay he will give us our children,” she said.
She accused Shikongo of double standards for allegedly removing police reservist Valentino Endjala, who was recently filmed physically abusing his partner. She questioned why Shikongo has not been discharged from the police force.
Asked about the decision taken by the prosecutor general’s office, deputy prosecutor general advocate Lucious Matota told The Namibian three weeks ago he did not work on Shikongo’s docket.
“Ask our chief clerk Mr Asser. I did not work on that docket,” he said.
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