High commissioner sues IPC member for N$250 000 over WhatsApp audio defamation claim
Namibian high commissioner to Ghana Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata has filed a N$250 000 defamation lawsuit in the High Court against former Outapi constituency councillor and Independent Patriots for Change member Fillemon Shikwambi over an alleged defamatory WhatsApp audio recording. According to court documents dated 12 November 2025, Nghituwamata alleges that Shikwambi authored and circulated an audio […] The post High commissioner sues IPC member for N$250 000 over WhatsApp audio defamation claim a
Namibian high commissioner to Ghana Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata has filed a N$250 000 defamation lawsuit in the High Court against former Outapi constituency councillor and Independent Patriots for Change member Fillemon Shikwambi over an alleged defamatory WhatsApp audio recording. According to court documents dated 12 November 2025, Nghituwamata alleges that Shikwambi authored and circulated an audio message on WhatsApp on or about 22 September 2025 containing false and malicious statements that damaged her reputation. In her particulars of claim, Nghituwamata alleges that Shikwambi has suggested she was appointed as executive director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform through nepotism and political influence linked to Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa, rather than on merit.