Home GLOBAL NEWS 5 South African policemen arraigned for robbing Nigerian

5 South African policemen arraigned for robbing Nigerian

310
0

Five South African policemen arraigned in court on Friday for robbing a Nigerian man of the sum of 61,000 US Dollars.

Four of the accused have since been dismissed from the police service over the incident and are also being prosecuted following an investigation by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, IPID.

The five former policemen were accused of robbing the Nigerian man who deals in electronics on July 16, 2015.

During the hearing in court, a set of DVDs were distributed to the lawyers of the five accused police officers, to which they complained of being ambushed by the prosecution.

READ ALSO  South Africa hit by worst drought in 113years

An eyewitness said an unverified but large amount of money and a pack of sim card were taken from the Nigerian man.

The 42-year-old Nigerian claims he had concluded a forex transaction prior to a business trip when he was arrested by the policemen, taken back to his hotel room where his money was allegedly confiscated but not recorded at the Pretoria police station where he was detained for a night.

He said in court that he hopes for justice as he has done nothing wrong.

READ ALSO  Jacob Zuma set to be arraigned on Friday

The case was adjourned to November 13th, 2017 to allow the counsel to the accused person view the CCTV footage presented by the prosecution in court and also allow the current witness, the General Manager of the hotel in which the incident allegedly took place, to be cross-examined.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.