NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).

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 NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...

S. A: THREE WHITE FARMERS FOUND GUILTY OF BRUTALLY KILLING AN INNOCENT BLACK MAN . (PHOTO).


 Three white farmers found guilty of brutally killing an innocent black man 


The farmers have been found guilty of murdering Dumisani Phakathi in Mamokgalieskraal after beating him while he collected water.


His body was later hidden in black refuse bags and discovered during a police stop on the R511 near Brits.


The court rejected the accused men’s attempts to blame one another and ruled the State proved the case beyond reasonable doubt.


Jaco Wessels Kemp, Louise Coetzee, and Gert Frederik van der Westhuizen attacked Phakathi at a chicken farm on 16 September 2023. The men were braaing when they saw him walk past the gate to fetch water from a nearby furrow. They assaulted him, dragged him into a storage facility, and continued the attack until he died.


At about 02:00 the next morning, police stopped Kemp and Coetzee on the R511. Officers found Phakathi’s bloodied body hidden under black refuse bags in their bakkie. Van der Westhuizen handed himself to police on 19 September 2023 after investigators linked him to the killing.


All three pleaded not guilty during trial, but the prosecution presented witness evidence that secured convictions. Sentencing is set for 16 March 2026.

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