Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, wanted in South Africa on a variety of criminal charges, has poured cold water on a rape warrant of arrest, saying:” I am neither shocked nor surprised with media reported warrants of arrest because they are just part of the larger crusade to try and persecute my name in the media by a team of same white police officers notably from the Hawks.”

In a statement released late Monday, Bushiri said for the record, “it is trite that when a warrant of arrest is issued, law enforcement agencies proceed to effect arrest; not leaking information to the media as my case has always been with these white police officers.”

He attacked white police officers “that I opened extortion and corruption cases against in 2018 after they tried, unsuccessfully, to extort about R10 million from me.”

He said that despite confirming opening of such cases, South African Authorities ‘haven’t taken any relevant steps to bring to book these white police officers.”

Instead, these officers were let loose, riding on the back state resources, and embarked on a crusade to cover up their crimes by launching and issuing numerous warrants of arrests against me.

He believes it was the same officers who in 2018 threatened him with retaliation following their extortion of cash from him.

Bushiri said he had launched complaints on how Hawks were recruiting girls to fabricate charges of rape and to date no reprieve for me.

Bushiri believes he will not get a fair trial in South Africa.

“As keen as I am to clear my name, I unequivocally refuse to feed the media spectacle created by white police officers bent to cover up their crimes. My conscious is very clear and so it shall remain,” he concluded his statement. – MBC Online Services.