Violence and looting inciters will face wrath of the law: Ndeitunga

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Head of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol), Lieutenant-General Sebastian Ndeitunga has warned that those inciting violence and looting of shops, will get the full wrath of the law.

Ndeitunga said this in an interview with Nampa on Friday, reacting to a circulating WhatsApp audio encouraging people to loot shops in Windhoek, as happened in South Africa recently which left many shops, properties and cars destroyed and burnt down.

He said the police have taken precautionary measures and are on high alert after learning about the planned looting in the capital, stating that if anyone dares take such actions, the police will apply the law with full force.

The police will not allow anyone to turn the country into anarchy and a lawless society, he said.

“This type of behaviour will never be tolerated, we have taken all the necessary measures and whoever dares to do this, we will deal with them to the extent that they will never forget. All strategic positions like malls and shops are under surveillance. I would like to appeal to members of the public to report any type of these incidents, because on the side of the police we are ready to deescalate any situation,” said Ndeitunga.

He added that if Namibians want to emulate examples, they should follow constructive and good ones that can build the country and improve the economic situation. Because looting and destroying of properties will not help anyone but rather put the country deep into economic problems and cause high unemployment and poverty.

“Look at South Africa now, how many jobs were lost and how many lives lost. So these things have bad consequences and the Namibian Police will not allow anyone to destabilise the economy. I want to assure the public that their lives and properties are safe, but we can only succeed in preventing these things when the public is working together with us, they should report people that are trying to do these funny things,” stated Ndeitunga.

Source: Namibia Press Agency