An Eastern Cape ward councillor has been implicated in an alleged hit on a prominent politician, whose bodyguard was killed during the ambush last year.
Nkompela was assigned four bodyguards – two each by the Mhlontlo municipality and the ANC – after first receiving information in March last year that his life may be in danger.
The ANC leader is alleged to have received a call from a man in Mdantsane, who claimed he knew of a plot to have Nkompela killed.
The shooting happened at the time ANC regions were busy nominating candidates to stand as ward councillors for this year’s local government elections.
The Daily Dispatch earlier this year reported on a letter from the commander of the SAPS organised crime unit in Mthatha, Colonel Loyiso Mdingi, in which he said a “number of cases” had been opened by Nkompela regarding failed attempts by “unknown people to assassinate him”.
“We also have information or reports from the Crime Intelligence Unit that there are relentless attempts to assassinate ,” he wrote.
ANC regional secretary Lulama Ngcukayithobi said the matter needed to be speeded up as “this is putting a lot of pressure on the ANC” as it prepares for the local government elections.
Political analyst Dr Somadoda Fikeni said if allegations of the attack being politically motivated were true, “it will mean people are prepare to kill for political ambitions and access to resources”. — lulamilef@dispatch.co.za
Councillor held for hit on ANC leader
Nkompela was assigned four bodyguards – two each by the Mhlontlo municipality and the ANC – after first receiving information in March last year that his life may be in danger.
The ANC leader is alleged to have received a call from a man in Mdantsane, who claimed he knew of a plot to have Nkompela killed.
The shooting happened at the time ANC regions were busy nominating candidates to stand as ward councillors for this year’s local government elections.
The Daily Dispatch earlier this year reported on a letter from the commander of the SAPS organised crime unit in Mthatha, Colonel Loyiso Mdingi, in which he said a “number of cases” had been opened by Nkompela regarding failed attempts by “unknown people to assassinate him”.
“We also have information or reports from the Crime Intelligence Unit that there are relentless attempts to assassinate ,” he wrote.
ANC regional secretary Lulama Ngcukayithobi said the matter needed to be speeded up as “this is putting a lot of pressure on the ANC” as it prepares for the local government elections.
Political analyst Dr Somadoda Fikeni said if allegations of the attack being politically motivated were true, “it will mean people are prepare to kill for political ambitions and access to resources”. — lulamilef@dispatch.co.za
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