Caprivi Group Leader Seeks Asylum In Botswana

Free Caprivi PIC: Caprivi Concerned Group
Free Caprivi PIC: Caprivi Concerned Group

While the Botswana Police Service have claimed ignorance of the reports that the Chairperson of the Caprivi Concerned Group, Retief Kangongo, is reportedly in Botswana seeking political asylum, their Namibian counterparts insist that he has indeed crossed the border.

In a press statement, the Namibian Police Force, initially accused of knowing something about the man’s disappearance, said that their investigations revealed that Kangongo completed an immigration control form at Muhembo Border Post, between Kavango East and Botswana border post to enter the country.

“The Namibian Police investigations into the matter confirmed that, Mr Retief Kangongo never went missing, neither mysteriously disappeared as claimed,” reads their press statement issued on Wednesday.

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