INational Prosecuting Authority (NPA) isikuqinisekisile ukuthi izoqhubeka nokuphikisa isinqumo sokuhoxiswa kwamacala kwamacala kaTimothy Omotoso, nakuba efulathele iNingizimu Afrika ngeSonto, 18 May.
U-Omotoso, ongumfundisi ongundabamlonyeni, ulifulathele leli ngesikhathi kusaqulwa icala. Kodwa-ke, i-NPA ithe ukungabikho kwakhe ngeke kuvimbe uhlelo lokudlulisa icala. Ngokusho kokhulumela i-NPA u-Advocate Mthunzi Mhaga, umthetho waseNingizimu Afrika uyakuvumela ukuba kuqhutshekwe nokudluliselwa kwamacala ngaphandle kokuba abasolwa bebekhona.
Inqubo yokudlulisa icala izobandakanya womabili amathimba ezomthetho, uMbhalisi Wenkantolo Ephakeme, kanye neNkantolo Ephakeme Yokudluliswa Kwamacala (i-SCA). UMhaga uchaze ukuthi ukuhamba kuka-Omotoso akumenzi umbaleki, njengoba ibingekho imithetho evimbela ukuthi ashiye izwe. Kodwa-ke, uzobe engekho ukuze azobona umphumela wokudlulisa icala, nokungase kuthathe isikhathi.
Uma i-SCA ivuna i-NPA, isiphathimandla sihlela ukusebenzisa izivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezivumelwano zokubuyiselwa kwamazwe ngamazwe—ikakhulukazi neNigeria kanye neCommonwealth—ukubuyisela u-Omotoso eNingizimu Afrika.
I-NPA isiphinde yaqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwayo kwezobulungiswa futhi ithi izosebenzisa zonke izindlela zomthetho ezikhona ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi icala liqhubeka ngendlela efanele nangendlela efanele.