No police escort, armed security for Lekganyane

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Police will not escort leader of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Bishop Barnabas Lekganyane as he is not a head of state neither will there be any armed officers in the vicinity of the National Stadium

Confirming this, commander of District No 3 in Gaborone Senior Superintendent Bonnie Bareki said unarmed police will be deployed at the National Stadium and the surrounding area to provide security to the public and protect property. “We were told that 1,000 buses were expected to arrive from different parts on Friday (today) with an estimated 300,000 to a million people,” said Bareki.  He said that since the people who would be gathered at the stadium were Christians he was hopeful that there would not be any incidents of hooliganism.

Bareki said they would mount a mobile police station at the National Stadium to provide any services that may be needed by those attending the event.

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