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Sergeant Bonifatius Shikolonya, 35, who was arrested in October on a charge of murdering his colleague with a broken bottle, is back at work.
Shikolonya, a member of the Oshana police operations unit at Oshakati, returned to his duty station on Monday, 28 November, after he was released on bail.
Shikolonya, who hails from Oshali, Ongenga in the Ohangwena Region, was arrested on the evening of 9 October in connection with the murder of his colleague, 26-year-old Constable Agus Rooinasie, at Oshakati.
Shikolonya made his first court appearance before Magistrate Castro Simasiku on 11 October, but was denied bail and the matter was postponed to 15 November. He launched a formal bail application on 15 November and on 25 November he was granted N$2 000 bail, which he paid.
This has confirmed by the Oshana regional commander, Commissioner Rauha Amwele. “Yes, it is correct that he is out on bail and is back at work. We are waiting for his suspension letter from the inspector-general’s office so that we can suspend him. Since he is out on bail he has to return to work because we cannot be paying him his salary while he sits at home.”
Lieutenant-General Sebastian Ndeitunga would not comment on the matter and referred Namibian Sun to the chief spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi. He could not be reached.
Shikolonya allegedly attacked Rooinasie with a broken bottle and stabbed him in the neck at the police residential units in Oshakati, after he returned from a night out on the evening of 9 October.
Earlier on, Rooinasie’s girlfriend, Memory Geingos, who said she witnessed the attack, told Namibian Sun that Shikolonya just popped up in their room while they were sleeping and started confronting them with a beer bottle in his hand. This allegedly led to a quarrel between the two police officers. Apparently Rooinasie got up and started pushing Shikolonya outside.
“While outside his bottle fell down and broke. He picked up a piece and stabbed my boyfriend in the neck. My boyfriend ran away, but he chased after him. My boyfriend fell and he stabbed my boyfriend in the back and chest. Follow colleagues separated them and called the ambulance. Rooinasie was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Oshakati State Hospital,” Geingos said.
Both Rooinasie and Geingos are from Aminuis in the Omaheke Region.
The commander for operations of the Oshana police, who was the acting regional commander at the time, Deputy Commissioner Karel Theron, told Namibian Sun that Shikolonya had been a police force member since 2011, while Rooinasie joined the service in 2010. Both were members of the regional operations unit.
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ILENI NANDJATOSergeant Bonifatius Shikolonya, 35, who was arrested in October on a charge of murdering his colleague with a broken bottle, is back at work.
Shikolonya, a member of the Oshana police operations unit at Oshakati, returned to his duty station on Monday, 28 November, after he was released on bail.
Shikolonya, who hails from Oshali, Ongenga in the Ohangwena Region, was arrested on the evening of 9 October in connection with the murder of his colleague, 26-year-old Constable Agus Rooinasie, at Oshakati.
Shikolonya made his first court appearance before Magistrate Castro Simasiku on 11 October, but was denied bail and the matter was postponed to 15 November. He launched a formal bail application on 15 November and on 25 November he was granted N$2 000 bail, which he paid.
This has confirmed by the Oshana regional commander, Commissioner Rauha Amwele. “Yes, it is correct that he is out on bail and is back at work. We are waiting for his suspension letter from the inspector-general’s office so that we can suspend him. Since he is out on bail he has to return to work because we cannot be paying him his salary while he sits at home.”
Lieutenant-General Sebastian Ndeitunga would not comment on the matter and referred Namibian Sun to the chief spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi. He could not be reached.
Shikolonya allegedly attacked Rooinasie with a broken bottle and stabbed him in the neck at the police residential units in Oshakati, after he returned from a night out on the evening of 9 October.
Earlier on, Rooinasie’s girlfriend, Memory Geingos, who said she witnessed the attack, told Namibian Sun that Shikolonya just popped up in their room while they were sleeping and started confronting them with a beer bottle in his hand. This allegedly led to a quarrel between the two police officers. Apparently Rooinasie got up and started pushing Shikolonya outside.
“While outside his bottle fell down and broke. He picked up a piece and stabbed my boyfriend in the neck. My boyfriend ran away, but he chased after him. My boyfriend fell and he stabbed my boyfriend in the back and chest. Follow colleagues separated them and called the ambulance. Rooinasie was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Oshakati State Hospital,” Geingos said.
Both Rooinasie and Geingos are from Aminuis in the Omaheke Region.
The commander for operations of the Oshana police, who was the acting regional commander at the time, Deputy Commissioner Karel Theron, told Namibian Sun that Shikolonya had been a police force member since 2011, while Rooinasie joined the service in 2010. Both were members of the regional operations unit.
