Advocate Shamila Batohi

Advocate Johnson was the favored prosecutor of Advocate Shamila Batohi and could do no wrong, and grievances about IDAC from staff were suppressed to the extent that people resigned or applied for other posts.

“Advocate Johnson was the blue-eyed girl of Advocate Batohi. She could do no wrong. ... If you look at any grievance that was sent about IDAC from the staff members, it was quashed to an extent where people started just resigning. People were applying for posts.”

The witness decided to approach National Head of the DPCI, Lieutenant General Lebeya, for assistance due to the circumstances he found himself in and informed him of the allegations contained in the Colonel's statement, requesting a senior prosecutor be assigned.

“I decided to approach the National Head of the DPCI, Lieutenant General Lebeya, for assistance, because of the circumstances that I found myself in. I met General Lebeya in the last week of August 022, but I do not recall the exact date. I informed him of the allegations contained in the Colonel 's statement and furnished him with a copy of the Colonel 's statement. I told General Lebeya that we needed the NPA to assign a senior prosecutor to the matter. I expected General Lebeya to request the NPA head, at the time, Advocate Shamila Batohi, for a senior prosecutor to be assigned to the case.”