Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema was allegedly harassed by police officers when they stopped him Sandton on Sunday night.
They apparently pointed firearms at him.
He took to Twitter, stating he was surrounded by approximately 10 police vehicles when he was stopped by a white unmarked van near the Grayston Drive off-ramp.
Just survived police harassment at Grayston off-ramp,12 police men pointed me with rifles and forced me out of the car…
— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) April 3, 2016
“We believe the white unmarked van which stopped him first could have been following and tracking him from Soweto,” said Ndlozi.
“The commander in chief (CIC), Julius Malema got out of his vehicle but none of the police did anything, claiming it was a mistake. He then got back into his vehicle and forced his way around the police cars, driving over the pavements and drove off.”
Police just harassed our CIC @Julius_S_Malema at the Grayston Drive Offramp. 10 cars all out pointing guns at him pic.twitter.com/wrTYxaVeIt
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) April 3, 2016
Ndlozi said his party took this as an act of intimidation.
“If the enemy thinks harassing our CIC Julius Malema will subdue him or the EFF, they are lying. We want to send a strong message to them we are unshaken and declare that their days in government are numbered.”
Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini could not confirm the incident.
“We do not have any facts about this incident.”
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