Yesterday Amantle Batsietswe, the spokesperson at Sabrana said after Ndjavera first absconded from detention, the hospital management felt that it was no longer “practical or safe” to keep him at the hospital.
In April 2016, Ndjavera who is a former soldier was detained at the pleasure of the State President at Sbrana. That was after the Francistown High Court ruled that he was not mentally sound, hence cannot be sent to prison. He appeared before court after he killed his two children in Francistown in 2013. “He first escaped on the 6th of September, 2019. We immediately alerted Good Hope police and they managed to locate him through his family. He was brought back to the hospital three days later,” said Batsietswe. Batsietswe further said immediately after Ndjavera’s first escape, the mental hospital notified the Botswana Prisons Service and a process to return him to the prison began thereafter. “We wanted him to go to prison because we felt that his initial decision to abscond was a clear indication that he can be dangerous hence it was not convenient to continue keeping him (at the hospital). He (Ndjavera) then escaped again on the 4th of October last year and we again reported the matter to Good Hope police. Then, a process to return him to the prison was still at an initial stage. His whereabouts have remained unknown since then (4th October),” she said.
