Police Commissioner Says Mozambican National Arrested With Thabo Bester in Tanzania Could Be Extradited

• Zacharia Alberto, the Mozambican national captured alongside Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana, is still being investigated
• National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola stated that the police are probing whether he committed a crime on South African soil
• Bester and Dr Nandipha returned to Mzansi on Thursday morning and the police minster stated the doctor had cooperated with Tanzanian officials

JOHANNESBURG - The Mozambican national arrested alongside Thabo Bester and his girlfriend, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, was not on the plane when the couple landed in South Africa.

Zacharia Alberto and the couple were arrested in Arusha, Tanzania, on 8 April after a high-speed chase with the police. Bester and Dr Nandipha arrived on a plane from Tanzania on Thursday, 13 April.

Police still investigating the Mozambican national linked to Thabo Bester

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola told the media on Thursday that extraditing Alberto is not off the table.

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Masemola explained that Alberto's case is still under investigation and police are trying to piece together if he committed a crime in South Africa, reports SABC News.

The police commissioner added that Alberto's extradition process will begin once charges have been established.

Police Minister Bheki Cele says Dr Nandipha was cooperative

With all eyes on Bester and Dr Nandipha, Police Minister Bheki Cele told the media that the doctor cooperated with Tanzanian officials when she was arrested.

Dr Nandipha is expected to make her first appearance in the Bloemfontein Magistate's court on Thursday, the same court her father, Zolile Cornelius Sekeleni, appeared in earlier this week.

Cele explained that while Dr Nandipha cooperated with police, Bester was not forthcoming, reports EWN.

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"We know that the good doctor cooperated on the other side. We know that [the] customary husband of the good doctor, did not cooperate, even from the other side," said Cele.

South Africans have questions about the Mozambican national arrested with Thabo Bester

@garth_gopi said:

"I wonder what the SA justice system will charge him for! He committed no crimes in South Africa."

@Jmotlhamare said:

"Was this guy with them in South Africa or not? If not, we are not interested in him."

@wellingtonchat2 said:

"Since he didn't commit any crime on South African soil, what will happen to him?"

@fewtrickspony said:

"Three people were supposed to return from Tanzania, but only Thabo Bester and the doctor are being spoken about, stay woke️... #DrNandiphaMagudumana"

Dr Nandipha Magudumana to face murder charges in Bloemfontein court hours after deportation from Tanzania

Briefly News previously reported that suspended medical doctor Nandipha Magudumana will face several charges in court only hours after landing in South Africa on Thursday, 13 April.

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Magudumana is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court, where she will be charged with murder, aiding and abetting escape, violation of a body and fraud, eNCA reported.

The disgraced doctor spent weeks on the run with her lover, convicted murderer and sexual assaulter Thabo Bester, after GroundUp revealed that she had helped Bester escape from prison.

Source: Briefly News