ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA.(PHOTO)
ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA A Zimbabwean couple has been deported from Botswana after secretly burying their child without notifying authorities. Motilinah Mpofu and Christopher Ncube were convicted on Thursday of concealing a death after they allegedly dug a grave for their child in the dead of night. The Gaborone court heard the child had died suddenly. Instead of reporting the death to police, health officials, or traditional leaders, the couple quietly buried the youngster and hoped no one would find out. But the secret did not stay buried for long. Police moved in and arrested the pair. In sentencing, the court ordered that the couple be taken to the Plumtree Border Post for deportation to Zimbabwe. Top Botswana lawyer Winnie Masitha who offered the couple free legal representation during the trial, confirmed the deportation to BTV News. Masitha believed that the matter should not be viewed only through the lens of crim...
The Lagos State Government has bagged an award as the best security and most safety conscious state in Africa.At the Award ceremony held in Johannesburg,South Africa and put together by the Security Watch Africa {SWA},the Rapid Response Squad {RRS} of Lagos State Police Command also emerged as the best anti-crime police squad in West Africa,while the RRS Commander,ACP Olatunji Disu took home the award of the most outstanding police operational officer in West Africa.The awards were presented to officials of the State Government at the 2016 lecture series of SWA organized in partnership with Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa {SIGLA} and the University of Stellenbosch,South Africa.The lecture,which had the theme: ''Tackling Security Challenges in Africa's Land and Maritime Domains,'' was well attended by security experts and officials from across Africa.Lagos State and its officials,according to organizers of the awards,were honoured in recognition of the outstanding efforts and achievements in securing residents,especially the massive improvement on security architecture of the State.While receiving the award for the state on behalf of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode,Secretary to the State Government,Mr. Tunji Bello,thanked the organizers for recognizing Lagos State,saying that it was gratifying to note that the efforts of government on security were appreciated.''I want to assure this gathering that Governor Ambode is very much committed to the security of lives and property of the people of the State and he is not tired of daily improving on the security situation in the State.The Governor believes that businesses cannot thrive in an environment devoid of safety and security,hence the massive efforts and initiatives geared towards security,'' Bello said.
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