PRESIDENT Hage Geingob has accepted defence minister Peter Vilho’s resignation, State House announced on Tuesday.
“President Hage Geingob has accepted today, 6 April 2021, the resignation of the minister of defence and veterans affairs, honourable Peter Hafeni Vilho from the Cabinet and the government,” presidential spokesperson Alfredo Hengari said in a statement.
According to State House, Vilho resigned because “his continued membership of the executive was untenable”, and the “ongoing media blitz” focused on him detracted from the “very important work of government, especially in the area of defence and security”.
Vilho thanked Geingob for the honour and opportunity to have served Namibia as minister of defence and veterans affairs.
“In return, president Geingob thanked him for his services as minister of defence and veterans affairs,” Hengari said.
Geingob wished Vilho all the best in his future endeavours.
reported on Thursday that revelations linking Vilho to an offshore bank account in Hong Kong have brought to the fore a decade-old corruption case which has haunted the former navy commander for years.
The case involves bank accounts in Hong Kong that were investigated in connection with alleged kickbacks linked to a N$1,8 billion arms tender for the Namibian government around 13 years ago.
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