Policeman, farmworker remain missing
There is still no trace of two missing persons in the Otjozondjupa Region - a 55-year-old police officer who went missing at Tsumkwe in June and a 34-year-old farmworker who went missing from a farm near Otjiwarongo in April.
The Otjozondjupa police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Maureen Mbeha, told Namibian Sun that months of investigations into the disappearance of farmworker Aktofeli Jason Shipanga and Sergeant Petrus Nghinananye Lukas have been fruitless.
The police had even brought in a helicopter from Windhoek to assist in the search. Shipanga disappeared on 2 April from the farm Tottenham, 40 kilometres south of Otjiwarongo. He had arrived at the farm three days earlier.
Lukas was reported missing at the Tsumkwe police station on 14 June when he did not return from the bush after going to search for a calf.
Mbeha said a shotgun belonging to the police was also missing.
Lukas had taken the shotgun when he went searching for the calf.
His dog, which went with him, later returned home without him.
Shipanga's brother-in-law, Risto Neshuku, said on 31 March that he had brought Shipanga and another man from the north to help him with building work at the farm.
Neshuku said Shipanga was from Onambeke village near Onyaanya.
He said soon after they arrived at the farm Shipanga started displaying unusual behaviour and they suspected he was not well.
“When we arrived at the farm he started saying things that made no sense.
We asked him to go back to the north, but he refused.
On the second day it got worse and the plan was to take him back to the north the next day,” Neshuku said.
He said on 2 April Shipanga woke up around 02:00 claiming that there was a snake in the room.
He calmed down but later, around 05:00, he woke up again, left the room and disappeared.
Neshuku said when they could not find Shipanga they became worried and called the Otjiwarongo police.
Mbeha called on members of the public who have any information regarding the two men to contact the police.
ILENI NANDJATO
The Otjozondjupa police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Maureen Mbeha, told Namibian Sun that months of investigations into the disappearance of farmworker Aktofeli Jason Shipanga and Sergeant Petrus Nghinananye Lukas have been fruitless.
The police had even brought in a helicopter from Windhoek to assist in the search. Shipanga disappeared on 2 April from the farm Tottenham, 40 kilometres south of Otjiwarongo. He had arrived at the farm three days earlier.
Lukas was reported missing at the Tsumkwe police station on 14 June when he did not return from the bush after going to search for a calf.
Mbeha said a shotgun belonging to the police was also missing.
Lukas had taken the shotgun when he went searching for the calf.
His dog, which went with him, later returned home without him.
Shipanga's brother-in-law, Risto Neshuku, said on 31 March that he had brought Shipanga and another man from the north to help him with building work at the farm.
Neshuku said Shipanga was from Onambeke village near Onyaanya.
He said soon after they arrived at the farm Shipanga started displaying unusual behaviour and they suspected he was not well.
“When we arrived at the farm he started saying things that made no sense.
We asked him to go back to the north, but he refused.
On the second day it got worse and the plan was to take him back to the north the next day,” Neshuku said.
He said on 2 April Shipanga woke up around 02:00 claiming that there was a snake in the room.
He calmed down but later, around 05:00, he woke up again, left the room and disappeared.
Neshuku said when they could not find Shipanga they became worried and called the Otjiwarongo police.
Mbeha called on members of the public who have any information regarding the two men to contact the police.
ILENI NANDJATO
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