Fadiel Adams expected to appear in a KwaZulu-Natal court on Thursday

The leader of the National Coloured Congress (NCC) and MP, Fadiel Adams, is expected to appear in a KwaZulu-Natal court on Thursday, May 7. 

National police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, confirmed Adams' appearance.

Adams was arrested on Tuesday, May 5, in Cape Town, after the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) wanted him to hand himself over at his nearest police station. This was in connection with a case of fraud and defeating and/or obstructing the course of justice.

SAPS had a warrant for his arrest relating to allegations that he interfered with ongoing investigations into the murder of the late ANC Youth League Leader, Sindiso Magaqa.

Police claimed that through investigations, the PKTT team discovered that he interfered with the now convicted and sentenced hitman at a very sensitive and advanced stage of the police's investigation.

Magaqa was shot on July 13, 2017. 

Two councillors, Jabulile Msiya and Nonsikelelo Mafa, who were with Magaqa during the attack at a car wash, were also shot but survived.

Magaqa was killed for speaking out against a corruption-riddled tender to construct a local memorial hall.

Before his arrest, Adams levelled accusations against SAPS and KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi after he claimed that members of the PKTT stormed a house he previously owned in Westridge, Mitchell’s Plain, on Saturday, May 2.

During the raid, he alleged that members of the PKTT did not provide any warrant and assaulted a 12-year-old in his own home. 

Adams and Mkhwanazi have been at each other's throats since Mkhwanazi claimed that  Adams used a blue light escort to the prison in Westville at the Parliament Ad Hoc Committee hearing.

Adams maintained that he was escorted by Metro Police, and not SAPS, to the Westville Prison. Adams said he was on official duty, and he went to the prison to interview the convicted killer of Magaqa.

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