Shaun-Douglas Chabalala – South African Musician’s Nigerian Murderer Jailed For Life

Nigerian national Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of South African musician Shaun-Douglas Chabalala.

Shaun-Douglas Chabalala was a rising South African musician from Limpopo who was tragically murdered in 2018.

Chabalala was murdered by Nigerian national Dumkele, who lured him and a friend to an apartment robbed them and killed Chabalala in the process.

The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court sentenced the 37-year-old Nigerian national to life imprisonment for the murder of Chabalala.

Sunnyside police spokesperson Captain Daniel Mavimbela said Chabalala was robbed inside the seventh-floor residential unit and then forcefully thrown out of the window. He died at the scene.

“Shortly after he was convicted, a 37-year-old foreign national, who murdered a multitalented up-and-coming Limpopo artist, Shaun-Douglas Chabalala, 23, was handed a life sentence in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday afternoon,” Mavimbela said.

“Additionally, a 15-year jail term was imposed on Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele for aggravated robbery, plus a 12-months suspended sentence, on condition that he is deported to his native country after he completes his concurrent sentence for murder and aggravated robbery.”

Chabalala and his friend, Given Mzamane, were lured to the infamous Tambotie block of flats in Sunnyside, east of Pretoria, in May 2018, through a fake advertisement of a luxury camera.

The two arrived at the populated block of flats, with the intention of purchasing the advertised camera.

“They carried a cash amount of R14 000 on them, only to be led into an ambush inside an apartment where Dumkele lived on the seventh floor,” Mavimbela said.

“Upon entering the apartment, the victims were attacked by a group of men.

“Mzamane testified that he forced his way out of the door and manage to escape. However, it was not before he had witnessed two men, who had participated in the robbery and attack on himself and Chabalala, lift Chabalala and threw him out of the window from the same apartment.”

The artist succumbed to injuries from the attack and the fall. He was declared dead at the scene.

“Dumkele was arrested almost 15 months after the murder, by Sunnyside police detective, Captain Simon Motolla, who had decided to abandon a wedding celebration that he had attended in Mpumalanga after he was tipped-off on the whereabouts of the accused,” said Mavimbela.

“Mzamane testified that he forced his way out of the door and manage to escape. However, it was not before he had witnessed two men, who had participated in the robbery and attack on himself and Chabalala, lift Chabalala and threw him out of the window from the same apartment.”

The artist succumbed to injuries from the attack and the fall. He was declared dead at the scene.

“Dumkele was arrested almost 15 months after the murder, by Sunnyside police detective, Captain Simon Motolla, who had decided to abandon a wedding celebration that he had attended in Mpumalanga after he was tipped-off on the whereabouts of the accused,” said Mavimbela.

During his arrest, Dumkele blamed the murder on his missing co-accused and fellow countryman, Obienna Ofoegbuliwe, who has since absconded after he was granted bail of R3 000.

“That testimony was rejected by the court since he knew that, among others, the police had been searching for him, had not disclosed the identity of the killer prior to his arrest and was easily pointed out by Mzamane during the identification parade,” said Mavimbela.

Sunnyside police station commander Brigadier Matshidiso Kgoadi has welcomed the stiff sentence.

Kgoadi saluted the dedicated team of investigators and the prosecutor who worked tirelessly to secure Dumkele’s conviction.

Culled from IOL

Shaun-Douglas Chabalala biography

Shaun Douglas Chabalala was a rising South African musician from Limpopo who was tragically murdered in 2018. He was 23 years old.

He hailed from Elim in South Africa’s Limpopo province.

Chabalala was murdered by Nigerian national Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele, who lured him and a friend to an apartment, robbed them and killed Chabalala in the process.

Chabalala and a friend, Given Mzamane, were lured to the infamous Tambotie block of flats in Sunnyside, east of Pretoria, in May 2018, through a fake advertisement of a luxury camera.

Shaun-Douglas Chabalala worked as a musician and director prior to his death. His profile said he was a Cinematographer, Creative Director and Editor.

He started his education at Shingwedzi Scimathic High School before moving on to Shingwedzi College. He also studied at the University of Johannesburg.

Due to his obsession with music, he described himself as a 24/7/365 student of hiphop.

His Instagram account was filled with music videos he had shot and directed, an it was tragic that it was in a quest to better his craft that he was lured and killed with the promise of a luxury camera.

May he rest in peace.

Shaun-Douglas Chabalala Facebook

The late musician, Shaun-Douglas Chabalala’s Facebook account can be accessed here…

Source: Nigeriabombshell.com

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