By: Ludorf Iyambo
The Windhoek High Court postponed the case in which Eliphas /Gomeb is suing the former safety minister Charles Namoloh and others for N$2m in damages.
/Gomeb, who is serving a 21-year jail term, wants N$1m for ill-treatment and torture. He also wants N$600 000 for Constitutional damage and N$400 000 for emotional stress or post-traumatic stress disorder.
He is suing Namoloh, Commissioner-General of the Namibia Correctional Services, Raphael Hamunyela, the officer in charge of inmates Manfred Jatamuine, a nurse Barnabas Kaihoua, acting correctional officer Toivo Frans and correctional officer Junias Ndeutala Hendrick.
The case was postponed to 25 February 2022 at 10h00 for delivery of judgment hearing because the judgement is not ready.
/Gomeb, an inmate at the Windhoek correctional, serving 21 years, claimed that he was not taken for medical treatment by the defendants for days.
On 17 August 2018, /Gomeb says he complained to correctional officer Hendrick defendant about his medical condition. He complained of blood issuing from him and vomiting blood and body pain. He stated that he was not assisted and stayed with that condition throughout the weekend of 18-19 August 2018.
/Gomeb, the plaintiff in the case, claimed that he was only attended to on the 22 August 2018 and was admitted at Katutura Intermediate Hospital, and he stayed there for three days. He also claimed that he was diagnosed with Helicobacter Pylori.
