Khomotso Phahlane alleges IDAC operates a ‘rogue unit’

FORMER acting SAPS national commissioner Khomotso Phahlane stated that forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan leads a well-decorated group within the Investigative Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC).

- MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA

Testifying at the Ad Hoc Committee probing allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, on Wednesday, Phahlane said the control O'Sullivan wielded was not only in IPID, but also in the SAPS and the National Prosecuting Authority.

“He has an obviously well-decorated group in IDAC. General Mkhwanazi termed them a rogue unit.

“T have no reason not to agree with General Mkhwanazi. In my statement, when I was interviewed, I said that the rogue unit is led by Matthews Sesoko,” he said.

The Ad Hoc Committee is investigating the alleged unlawful disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team, the moratorium in the filling of vacancies in the Crime Intelligence Unit, and the alleged corrupt relationship between senior leadership of the SAPS and members of the public, as well as political interference in the work of the police service.

Phahlane charged that the “rogue unit” at IDAC used to be the “Phahlane Task Team” that investigated him at IPID while he was acting national commissioner.

“That Phahlane Task Team has relocated to IDAC. That is a rogue unit I can refer to,” he said.

Mkhwanazi previously made references to rogue elements at IDAC when he appeared before the inquiry.