You claim to be Christians, but can't confess crime - Shikongo
Police Chief Inspector-General Joseph Shikongo says Namibians claim to be Christians but cannot confess to all the crimes happening in the society.
Speaking at a community police meeting in Omuthiya recently, Shikongo asked what was wrong with the Namibian society.
“Where are we heading if you are claiming to be Christians and we have not repented, just to come out and confess about all these things that are happening in our society,” Shikongo said.
Shikongo said thousands of police officers on street patrol will not effectively solve criminal activities if the public does not come to the party.
The Inspector General called upon public members to assist law enforcement in fighting crime, stating that the recent brutal murders and the widely reported missing persons, mostly children, are a serious issue.
“Whether I deploy police officers, 1 000 or 10 000 police officers moving around the street, you are not resolving an issue because these things are happening in our houses,” Shikongo said.
Shikongo referred to cold murder cases involving children in recent years.
'What is wrong with our society'
He spoke about the recent Okahandja murders of the two K.W. von Maree Combined School pupils - Roslin Ndinelao Fabian (6), and Ingrid Maasdorp (5), as well as that of Beyoncé !Kharuxas (15).
Maasdorp was kidnapped from the school on 19 March, and her body was found dumped under a bridge, just a few metres away, on 21 March.
Fabian was also kidnapped on 24 April, and her body was found dumped in the nearby cemetery the next day.
Before the police had finished collecting evidence in the cemetery, !Kharuxas' body was found in 5 Rand on 27 April after going missing the previous day.
Shikongo further spoke on the disappearance n Lüderitz’s Area 7 some years ago of three-year-old Spencer Mandela Nakale and the murder of nine-year-old Cheryl Avihe Ujaha.
“They (killers) are not found. So what is wrong with our society?" Shikongo asked.
Namibia has had other cold murder cases dating back to 2005, when the B1 Butcher brutally murdered five women whose bodies he cut up and dropped the parts along the B1 Road.
Although the police once suspected a German-born Namibian of the murders, nothing was conclusive.
To date, the police have not arrested anyone in connection with the murders.
The police have also declared the murder of Windhoek 17-year-old schoolgirl Magdalena Stoffels a cold case.
Stoffels was raped and murdered on 27 July 2010 in Khomadal.
The police initially arrested 31-year-old Junius Fillipus for raping and murdering Stoffels, but the DNA tests came out inconclusive. Fillipus later sued the police for spending 11 months in custody.
Shikongo said the only way to eradicate crime is through a collective effort.
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Speaking at a community police meeting in Omuthiya recently, Shikongo asked what was wrong with the Namibian society.
“Where are we heading if you are claiming to be Christians and we have not repented, just to come out and confess about all these things that are happening in our society,” Shikongo said.
Shikongo said thousands of police officers on street patrol will not effectively solve criminal activities if the public does not come to the party.
The Inspector General called upon public members to assist law enforcement in fighting crime, stating that the recent brutal murders and the widely reported missing persons, mostly children, are a serious issue.
“Whether I deploy police officers, 1 000 or 10 000 police officers moving around the street, you are not resolving an issue because these things are happening in our houses,” Shikongo said.
Shikongo referred to cold murder cases involving children in recent years.
'What is wrong with our society'
He spoke about the recent Okahandja murders of the two K.W. von Maree Combined School pupils - Roslin Ndinelao Fabian (6), and Ingrid Maasdorp (5), as well as that of Beyoncé !Kharuxas (15).
Maasdorp was kidnapped from the school on 19 March, and her body was found dumped under a bridge, just a few metres away, on 21 March.
Fabian was also kidnapped on 24 April, and her body was found dumped in the nearby cemetery the next day.
Before the police had finished collecting evidence in the cemetery, !Kharuxas' body was found in 5 Rand on 27 April after going missing the previous day.
Shikongo further spoke on the disappearance n Lüderitz’s Area 7 some years ago of three-year-old Spencer Mandela Nakale and the murder of nine-year-old Cheryl Avihe Ujaha.
“They (killers) are not found. So what is wrong with our society?" Shikongo asked.
Namibia has had other cold murder cases dating back to 2005, when the B1 Butcher brutally murdered five women whose bodies he cut up and dropped the parts along the B1 Road.
Although the police once suspected a German-born Namibian of the murders, nothing was conclusive.
To date, the police have not arrested anyone in connection with the murders.
The police have also declared the murder of Windhoek 17-year-old schoolgirl Magdalena Stoffels a cold case.
Stoffels was raped and murdered on 27 July 2010 in Khomadal.
The police initially arrested 31-year-old Junius Fillipus for raping and murdering Stoffels, but the DNA tests came out inconclusive. Fillipus later sued the police for spending 11 months in custody.
Shikongo said the only way to eradicate crime is through a collective effort.
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