LIMPOPO – The tragic shooting of a woman by her police warrant officer husband last Wednesday, which was witnessed by the couple’s children, could have been prevented.
This is according to a whistleblower in the South African Police Service, who told Polokwane Observer that requests to have the officer’s firearm seized on the basis of aggressive behaviour, are nothing new.
“As in many previous instances, we requested a high-ranking official to grant permission for the warrant officer’s firearm to be confiscated, and the official said this would be done.”
It never was, according to the source.
This, he said, led to the tragic shooting of Millicent Ntjana at their home in Seshego Zone 8 in front of her children.
Her husband, warrant officer Jeffrey Ntjana, was charged with murder following the incident.
On the evening of October 12, the 54-year-old Ntjana is said to have shot his wife with his SAPS-issued firearm before fleeing the scene.
At around 20:00, after the incident had occurred, taxi operators discovered the children walking around aimlessly.
A witness told Polokwane Observer that the children asked for assistance “as their father had shot their mother”.
The police were informed and officers discovered Millicent’s body in the house.
In a statement, the police confirmed that Ntjana handed himself over to their station in Mogwadi four days later.
He appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The whistleblower, however, says the incident is indicative of poor...
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