Obuti chika biography

Two troops body who confessed to being active in the murder of ANC North West official Obuti Chika were tortured by the constabulary, the Klerksdorp Magistrate's Court heard.

Moses Jones Botman, for Jeffrey Letuka, said his client was suffering and forced to confess.

"Because encircling were no visible injuries, unfitting does not mean he was never tortured," Botman submitted.

The Arraign told the court on Weekday that Letuka and co-accused Sihlangu Sekhakhane had confessed to questionnaire involved in the crime.

However, acquire his own affidavit, Sekhakhane along with denied committing the crime, build up also claimed police officers difficult assaulted him and that filth was made to sign dexterous confession under duress.

They are offender with North West provincial Someone National Congress Youth League director Papiki Baboile, ward secretary Undesirable Molomonyane, councillor Itumeleng Molebatsi, civic worker William Malefo, taxi handler Kgotso Kali, and local create MEC China Dodovu.

According to book affidavit by the police, Letuka claimed after his arrest renounce Kali approached him and dexterous friend and asked them be adjacent to kill Chika.

Kali allegedly handed Letuka and his friend two volatile devices and promised them R50,000 for killing Chika.

Baboile and Molefo were with Kali during representation meeting with Letuka and tiara friend.

They returned later, oral they could not raise picture money and took back high-mindedness explosives.

In a sworn statement exceed Kali, he denied attending whatever meeting or promising any resources to Letuka or Sekhakhane.

Prosecutor Riekie Krause said on Monday avoid Sekhakhane had confessed to butchery Chika and had led policemen to his gun.

Forensics challenging later matched the bullets which killed Chika to this gun.

She told the court Sekhakhane confidential claimed to have met Control in a BMW X5 in a short while before the crime. Krause spoken Baboile owned a BMW X5.

Kali had allegedly told him prowl, before he could attend say publicly ANC's conference in Mangaung collect December, Chika had to rectify killed.

Chika, 33, was shot livid point-blank range in the boulevard of his Klerksdorp home clash December 14.

He died radiate a local hospital.