“Boko Haram” group sentenced to a combined sentence of 384 years in prison

Three Men aged between 28 and 29 were sentenced to a combined sentence  of  384 years imprisonment after they were convicted for 25 cases that were committed in seshego and westernburg. It is said that Ndou Ndou Lukase Rembuluwani (29), Ndou Ben (29) and Khoza Ngobeni Small (28) were a trio that called themselves the “Boko Haram” and committed serious crimes ranging from Murder,  attempted murder, possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition, house breaking with intention to rob, robbery with aggravating circumstances, malicious damage to property, theft and house robberies. The suspects are also said to have broken immigration laws as they  were in the country illegally. Some of the crimes they committed include robbing the  players of Magezi Football Club off their cellphones, clothes, soccer kit and clothes at gun point on the 18th of October 2017. The suspects also robbed of teachers  at their residential house and the items stolen included laptops, television sets and cell phones. The suspects.

On Friday, 20 October 2017 at around 10:00 in the morning, the investigating officer received a tip-off from the hospital, a day after the shooting incident at the Plot where one of the suspects was fatally wounded. According to information, the suspects sent their girlfriends to go to the hospital and check if their accomplice was brought-in. The Police immediately activated a snap operation consisting of Detectives and Public Order Policing. On arrival, they found the suspects’ girlfriends whom led the police to Seshego where the suspects were hiding.

The suspects were then arrested and some of the stolen property was recovered. The court sentenced the suspects each to 128 years in prison. Limpopo’s provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe  has since welcomed the hefty sentences handed down to the suspects. “We are contented with the long jail sentences that were handed down by the High Court against these heartless thugs who were tterrorizingcommunities in the said areas. The investigating skills of the Detective and team that assisted him awerehighly appreciated and commendable” concluded Hadebe.