THE national police commissioner Khehla Sitole has hit back at the police minister Bheki Celel for claiming in parliament that he had plotted with EFF leader Julius Malema for his removal.
Responding during the State of the Nation Address debate on Monday, Malema said it was a blunder to appoint Cele as police minister when he had occupied the position of police commissioner.
Malema said this created fertile ground for Cele to compete with Sitole for power and control of the police force.
An angry Cele lashed out at the EFF leader, accusing him of plotting with Sitole for his removal.
“I am not going to go back to the 10th of December where there was a meeting by yourself and the national commissioner and a plan and plot were hatched that I must be chased.I am not surprised this is happening,” Cele said on Monday.
But in a
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