EDITORIAL: Geingob too must answer
Beyond denialist press releases, if President Hage Geingob is truly the leader of integrity he purports to be, he needs to subject himself to proper scrutiny regarding the so-called Farmgate scandal involving millions of dollars stolen from South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm.
Besides insisting that he did not act inappropriately in supposedly helping his friend Ramaphosa, Geingob has left more questions than answers after consistently denying any wrongdoing.
One of the narratives being poorly peddled, as if to kindergarteners, is that Phala Phala suspect Imanuwela David was only apprehended for immigration violations. Yet, there is a comprehensive Namibian Police intelligence report, by Commissioner Nelius Becker, showing that David was intensively interrogated in Namibia about the Phala Phala robbery.
What clearly constitutes abuse of Namibian institutions is that the Namibian Police were used in this scandal, while there was not a single case opened against David in South Africa. It was a purely private matter for Ramaphosa – pursued with Namibian public resources.
Geingob has not taken the nation into confidence on why he met Ramaphosa’s head of security Wally Rhoode and envoy Bejani Chauke in June 2020. Is it by pure coincidence, Mr President, that the suspect was arrested two weeks after that meeting, and interrogated in Windhoek about the Phala Phala theft?
And if this was a purely immigration offence, why did the Bank of Namibia’s Financial Intelligence Centre investigate the matter?
Besides insisting that he did not act inappropriately in supposedly helping his friend Ramaphosa, Geingob has left more questions than answers after consistently denying any wrongdoing.
One of the narratives being poorly peddled, as if to kindergarteners, is that Phala Phala suspect Imanuwela David was only apprehended for immigration violations. Yet, there is a comprehensive Namibian Police intelligence report, by Commissioner Nelius Becker, showing that David was intensively interrogated in Namibia about the Phala Phala robbery.
What clearly constitutes abuse of Namibian institutions is that the Namibian Police were used in this scandal, while there was not a single case opened against David in South Africa. It was a purely private matter for Ramaphosa – pursued with Namibian public resources.
Geingob has not taken the nation into confidence on why he met Ramaphosa’s head of security Wally Rhoode and envoy Bejani Chauke in June 2020. Is it by pure coincidence, Mr President, that the suspect was arrested two weeks after that meeting, and interrogated in Windhoek about the Phala Phala theft?
And if this was a purely immigration offence, why did the Bank of Namibia’s Financial Intelligence Centre investigate the matter?
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