Umfundisi waseNigeria uTimothy Omotoso (63) kanye nalowo asolwa naye, uLusanda Sulani (41) noZikiswa Sitho (33), bazozwa ngekusasa labo ngomhlaka-2 Ephreli 2025. Laba abathathu, ababoshwa ngo-2017, babhekene namacala angu-32, okuhlanganisa awokudlwengula, ukushushumbisa abantu. , ukunukubeza ngokocansi, nokukhwabanisa.
Leli cala lihlangabezane nokubambezeleka kusukela kwaboshwa abasolwa ngo-Ephreli 2017. Udaba lubuyele eNkantolo eNkulu yase-Eastern Cape eGqeberha ngemuva kokuphothulwa kwezimpikiswano zokugcina. ULuxolo Tyali, okhulumela iNational Prosecuting Authority, uchaze lelicala njengamanye adonse isikhathi eside kakhulu kuleli.
Phambilini u-Omotoso wafaka izicelo ezinhlanu enkantolo njengoba kuqhubeka lelicala, okuhlanganisa nesicelo sikaJanuwari 2024 sokubukeza kabusha isinqumo sangaphambili sokuphikisa ukukhishwa kwakhe ngaphansi kweSigaba 174 seCriminal Procedure Act. IJaji u-Irma Schoeman wazichitha lezi zicelo, futhi umbuso usukulungele ukuqhubeka nokuqulwa kwecala.
UTyali ubalule ukuthi ukubambezeleka kudale ukuthi abanye ofakazi bahoxe, bethi bafuna ukuqhubeka nempilo bagweme ukuhlukumezeka kwabo enkantolo. Lokhu kuholele ekwehleni kwamacala asuka ku-63 aya ku-32.
U-Omotoso, ongumholi webandla iJesus Dominion International Church, uwaphikile wonke amacala. Umbuso uthi yena nasolwa nabo baqasha abantu besifazane ngombono wokuthi bazokhuliswa ngokomoya, babayisa ezindaweni eziseThekwini, Israel noma eNigeria. Sebelapho, abamangali babebekelwe imithetho eqinile, ukuxhumana nemindeni okulinganiselwe, futhi, kokunye, ukunukubezwa ngokocansi noma ukudlwengulwa ngu-Omotoso.
“Umbuso uzibophezele ekuqinisekiseni ubulungiswa kuzisulu futhi ukholelwa ukuthi wethule ubufakazi obanele ukuze bathole amacala,” kusho uTyali.