NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING Our attention has been drawn to a ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja this morning, wherein His Lordship, Honourable Justice Isah Dashen, gave a ruling on an application filed by an unregistered association known as Peace Movement Party. The public knows that by December 2025, the Nigeria Democratic Congress  as an association complained of INEC’s refusal to register us as a political party, whereupon we proceeded to the Federal High Court. The Federal High Court upheld our constitutional right to freedom of association under the Constitution and compelled INEC to register us, which INEC did. Since then, we have started political activities, embarked on the registration of members, held congresses from ward to national levels, held conventions, and concluded primaries to all offices following INEC’s timetable. We have been fully participating in all INEC activities without let or hindrance. NDC also fielded candidates, and fully pa...

A 19-YEAR-OLD ZIMBABWEAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR KILLING AND DISMEMBERING A TEENAGE GIRL IN BOTLOKWA. (PHOTO).

 

The Limpopo Division of High Court  in Polokwane has sentenced a 19-year-old Zimbabwean Brian Mugwira to 22 years in prison for the brutal murder of 17-year-old Motjatji Thoka from Mokomene  village, whose dismembered body was discovered following her disappearance.


Motjatji Thoka went missing from her home on  5 January 2024.  A missing persons report was filed at SAPS Botlokwa, Capricorn District and escalated to the Provincial Missing Person Task Team in Limpopo. After an extensive investigation, her remains were found on 08 January 2024 in the yard of an occupied house, with several body parts missing.


Mugwira and his compatriot, Tatenda Sithole (36), were identified as suspects and arrested. Sithole was apprehended on 16 January 2024 at a rental property in Mokomene village, while Mugwira was arrested on 26 January  in the mountains near Ndzhelele village, Thohoyandou, where he was found with some of the victim’s body parts.


Both accused were  initially refused bail during the trial. On 17 October 2024, Brian Mugwira pleaded guilty to murder and received his sentence. Tatenda Sithole has pleaded not guilty, with his trial set to begin on 2 June 2025.


The Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe commended the investigative team for their diligence in uncovering the heinous acts of these heartless criminals and ensuring justice is served for the victim.

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