Maria David
THE Namibian police have rearrested one of the eight dangerous criminals who escaped from the Ondangwa police holding cells on Sunday.
The 27-year-old Gideon Junior Nashilongo, accused of murder and defeating or obstructing the course of justice, was rearrested at Oshikango in the Ohangwena region on Wednesday around 06:00 after being deported from Angola.
“The suspect was formally charged before he was transported to the Omungwelume police for the time being,” Oshana community affairs officer Inspector Thomas Aiyambo said.
The suspect is due to appear in court on Friday and will be detained at the Oluno police facility to prevent him from jeopardising the investigation.
The other seven men that escaped through the roof of the Ondangwa police holding cells are still on the run.
They are John Pedro (22), Dinu Tjipito (20), Fernando Segunda Rosalio (21), Eliaser Michael Andreas (22), Zizee Tjipito (23), Teofelus Nauyoma (40) and Stefanus @Sixa Shinedima (28).
They face charges ranging from murder, gender-based violence, rape, housebreaking and robbery.
Of the eight accused, four are Angolan nationals.
