Cops have applied for a warrant of arrest for Malawi prophet Shepherd Bushiri. Bushiri has been implicated in cases of intimidation, t...
Cops have applied for a warrant of arrest for Malawi
prophet Shepherd Bushiri.
Bushiri has been implicated in cases of intimidation,
threats and assault involving former congregant Martin Antonio. Antonio alleged
that on July 20 last year he was having supper at the Sheraton Hotel in
Pretoria with two friends when a man in a white jersey photographed him without
his consent.
He said when the police, who arrived the scene, questioned
him, he told them that he was sent by Bushiri's legal adviser "Chuma"
to take pictures of Antonio because the man of the cloth wanted them. Antonio
opened the case of intimidation and threats against Bushiri.
When the police went to the Sheraton Hotel six days later
to obtain a statement from Bushiri, they were prevented from doing so by his
body guards, one of whom allegedly threatened to stab the officers with a
knife, according to police in their statement to the NPA.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokeswoman Phindi
Mjonondwane confirmed that police have applied for a warrant to arrest Bushiri.
"The prosecutor asked them to go and attend to certain
aspects of the case before he could issue the warrant for his arrest," she
said.
According to documents seen by Sunday World, the
application for Bushiri's warrant was made by Colonel Tsebe of Sunnyside police
station to the chief prosecutor of the NPA's Pretoria cluster, Advocate Matric
Luphondo.
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