Cape Town – Suspended deputy national police commissioner for crime detection, Shadrack Sibiya, has vowed not to resign following a dramatic police raid on his Centurion home on Thursday.
Armed officers conducted a search-and-seizure operation as part of a SAPS investigation believed to be linked to Sibiya’s transfer of 121 case dockets from KwaZulu-Natal’s disbanded Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) to police headquarters.
The move has sparked tension within the police, with KZN commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accusing Sibiya and Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of colluding to shield crime syndicates.
Mkhwanazi told Parliament he expected Sibiya to be arrested before year-end.
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Sibiya, who was suspended last month, said the raid was an abuse of power and accused the police of traumatising his family. He confirmed that police confiscated laptops and phones, and that he had been under surveillance.
“Well, me too, I was under the impression that this is going to happen. I’m expecting it at any time. I mean Mkhwanazi said yesterday that it’s imminent,” he said.
“This is abuse of power. This is what I have to live with at this present moment.”
“I wish my colleagues could at least be thinking for my kids, my family.
“They haven’t done anything wrong for them to be traumatised like this. I know they want to push me out. I will never resign. They must fire me.”
He claimed the raid was meant to intimidate and disrupt him ahead of his appearance before Parliament’s ad hoc committee and the Madlanga commission, where he plans to testify about internal police disputes.
Sibiya compared his situation to “Joseph being betrayed by his brothers,” alleging betrayal by national police commissioner Fannie Masemola.
His lawyer, Ian Levitt, criticised the raid as excessive, saying six vehicles of masked, heavily armed officers arrived without providing the affidavit authorising the operation.
Sibiya maintains his innocence, insisting he will “never resign – they must fire me.”
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
