SLAIN EASTERN CAPE PROSECUTOR TO BE LAID TO REST AT KWABHACA

Ntsikelelo McAllister Ntlekeni, who had been acting at the regional court will be laid to rest on Friday, 22 March 2024.

Eastern Cape NPA spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali said the 49-year-old lawyer had been with a group of people at New Rest, near Butterworth on Thursday night, at the time of murder, where unknown men, wearing balaclavas shot him.

“Preliminary investigations reveal that the deceased was with other people at New Rest location near Butterworth, when he went out of the house. When he was returning inside the house, he was followed by two balaclava-clad unknown males who shot his upper body, “Tyali said.

He said Ntlekeni joined the NPA as an intern in 2001.

“The University of Transkei, now Walter Sisulu University graduate started his prosecuting career in the Western Cape. He will be laid to rest at his home in Lubhacweni Location, in Kwa Bhaca, on Friday, following a memorial service planned for Wednesday, 20 March 2024, at the Butterworth Court,” he added.

Tyali said Eastern Cape Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Barry Madolo has dispatched a delegation to the slain prosecutor’s family, to offer condolences and provide the necessary support.