Who killed Nchindo?
Monday, February 15, 2010
If he committed suicide...
Louis Godwill Nchindo was mortal. Like any mortal being he would have been weighed down with life's cumbersome load - a little too heavy perhaps. Here is a man, who has in the last few months appeared in the news for all the wrong reasons. First he was, together with three accomplices, Jacob Sesinyi, Joe Matome and his son, Garvas Louis arraigned before court for charges ranging from corruption to fraud. The seesaw case has been going on for nearly two years. Just two weeks back Nchindo and his co-accused partly won an appeal where they requested the state to provide further particulars to their case. A junior court had ruled in the state's favour.
A young man suspected of breaking into a car was seized by residents, severely assaulted, and died in the hospital within an hour. We unreservedly condemn this mob justice. It is not a solution to crime, but a criminal offence that turns citizens into murderers.Residents are understandably angry about theft. The person who raised the alarm at 4am acted lawfully, and the neighbours who rushed to help showed community spirit. But what followed was...