Lipolelo Thabane was going through a prolonged divorce at the time of her death
MASERU, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Lesotho, who are investigating the killing of the prime minister’s estranged wife in 2017, say they may ask international law enforcement agencies to help them track down the country’s First Lady Maesaiah Thabane.
It is in connection with a case that has the people of Lesotho talking and has heightened speculation about the mysterious death of Lipolelo Thabane, the former first lady.
At the time there was no love lost between Lipolelo Thabane and Thabane’s then-fiancée, now wife.
Both women claimed they were Lesotho’s rightful first lady. In the end the courts ruled in Lipolelo Thabane’s favour, saying until her divorce she should keep the title.
Maesaiah has not been charged, but police want to speak to her about Lipolelo’s killing, a government spokesman said.
Lipolelo was shot dead outside her home near the capital, Maseru two days before Thabane was sworn in as prime minister of the mountain kingdom.
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and Maesaiah)
The prime minister has also failed to answer police questions, he added.
Thabane married Maesaiah three months after Lipolelo’s death.
His party, the governing All Basotho Convention (ABC), wants him to resign after recent revelations by the police – contained in recently filed court documents – that he too is a person of interest in the murder case after a call was traced between his mobile number and a phone near the scene of the crime.
The first couple have not commented on the allegations.
In 2017, Thabane described the murder as a “senseless killing”. — NNN-AGENCIES