Husband arrested for allegedly abducting wife to Initiation School in Tlokoeng

Police in Tlokweng (Mt Fletcher) in the Eastern Cape Province have confirmed the arrest of Mofota Letele 56, who is accused of abducting his wife, Mankopane Letele 52, and forcibly attempting to send her to an initiation school. The incident occurred on Wednesday night when Mofota, along with a group of masked women, reportedly entered Mankopane’s home and demanded she accompany them to the school.
According to Mankopane, she was asleep when her husband knocked on her bedroom door. After opening the door for him, she returned to bed, unaware that a group of women wearing balaclavas would soon surround her. The women, who Mankopane did not recognize, informed her that they were there to take her to the initiation school. Mofota allegedly led the group, instructing the women to force her if necessary.
Mankopane recounted that she was tied up with ropes, gagged to prevent her from screaming, and then dragged to a Quantum owned by her husband which was packing outside the house.. Despite her attempts to resist, she was overpowered by the group and forced inside the quantum and Mofota drove it to a nearby initiation school. There, she was thrown into a rondavel where other female initiates were already sleeping. The women were confused by her presence, and after a brief argument with the guardian of the initiates they heard police talking outside. , Mankopane was able to alert the police by screaming loudly, who quickly came inside and rescued her.
Following the incident, Mofota Letele handed himself over to the police on as promised in an interview with the informer. The police had also called her to come to police station., and he was escorted to the police station by a local taxi owner. He faces charges of contravening the Circumcision Act of 2016 and kidnapping, with the possibility of additional abduction charges. Mofota is expected to appear in Mt Fletcher Magistrate Court, where he will be given the opportunity to arrange for legal representation and apply for bail.
Authorities have confirmed that Mofota Letele has not disclosed the identities of the other women who assisted him in the abduction. Mofota is the Taxi boss at Mt fletcher taxi rank. He is also a respected member of the community as he is the headman.
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