... SAYS HE WILL HAND HIMSELF OVER TO COPS TODAY

MANZINI – “I’ll hand myself over to the police tomorrow (today),” said Pastor Sikhumbuzo Shongwe in an interview that was conducted around 4:30pm yesterday.

The pastor said this after being contacted by this reporter to establish his whereabouts and what had happened resulting in the shooting of his wife. Sikhumbuzo alleged that while at his residence, about four people who were in the company of his wife –Jabulile Nkonyane – arrived. He purported that upon their arrival; they took positions in the entrances of the house while his wife entered and sought to engage him. While this was happening, Sikhumbuzo said he requested to engage with his wife in private and went into their bedroom. While at the bedroom, he claimed that there was an altercation. He purported that given the altercation, he suspected that his life could be in danger following threats he had received before.  He supposed that there was a man who wanted to kill him. He claimed the man was known to him and his wife. For that reason, he said he took his gun to protect himself. However, Sikhumbuzo said he could not recall everything that happened as things became intense.

Attacked

“I believe I was attacked as four unknown people to me, stood at the entrance of my house. My wife had not set foot at our residence for about four months and when she finally did, she was with four men,” Sikhumbuzo claimed. He purported that at some instance, they (him and Nkonyane) fought over the possession of the gun. He suspected that it could have been at this instance that she was shot. However, he retained that he could not recall much of what happened. The man of the cloth further reiterated that he would hand himself over to the police as he was a law abiding citizen. Worth noting is that his lawyer, Mathokoza Mbhamali, was seen at Shongwe’s residence at around 3pm, where he was given clothes by Nonkululeko Shongwe, an elder sister to Pastor Sikhumbuzo. It was gathered that he had made arrangements to hand his client over to the police, which he also confirmed. Mbhamali said they would be cooperating with the police and arrangements were already being made. When asked about the whereabouts of Pastor Sikhumbuzo at the time, he said: “No comment.”

Meanwhile, Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Superintendent Phindile Vilakati said the police were still looking for Sikhumbuzo. She said they were looking for him so that he could assist them with their investigations into what transpired during the shooting. When asked if Sikhumbuzo possessed a licensed gun, she said: “We are still investigating and the gun that you are referring to is still with Shongwe.”

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