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Inmate sues commissioners of police, prisons

Litigation: Kago Monato, says he suffered injuries following a car accident that occurred while he was boarding a police mini bus to prison following his appearance at the Francistown Magistrate's Courts.
Litigation: Kago Monato, says he suffered injuries following a car accident that occurred while he was boarding a police mini bus to prison following his appearance at the Francistown Magistrate's Courts.

FRANCISTOWN: A prison inmate is suing the Commissioner of the Botswana Police Service (BPS) and his State Prison counterpart for P950,000 for ‘negligence’.

In his lawsuit, the applicant, Kago Monato, says he suffered injuries following a car accident that occurred while he was boarding a police mini bus to prison following his appearance at the Francistown Magistrate's Courts.

Monato is suing the Police and Prison head honchos for the pain and suffering occasioned to him in the aftermath of the accident. The Quantum mini bus overturned after one of the inmates, Gobuamang Ntsuape, allegedly swung its steering wheel causing it to overturn in the process.

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