Geingob farm man welcomes cop search

FORMER Prime Minister Hage Geingob’s farm manager has welcomed Police plans to comb the area in search of a pensioner who disappeared eight months ago.

Lemmy Geingob said that rumours about how Christiaan ‘Krisjan’ Xamseb (63) went missing had become annoying. He hoped that a thorough Police search would offer some relief Xamseb’s family.Relatives of the missing man have criticised the Police for ignoring their requests for a widespread search of farm Tsobis, which belongs to the former Prime Minister, and other surrounding farms.Police say Xamseb disappeared on May 6 2003, a day after he was driven off Tsobis by Loini Geingos, the wife of the former politician.The Police say Karl Oeder, who owns the farm south of Tsobis, gave Xamseb a lift to the main road on the morning of his disappearance, but that his tracks ended on the Geingob farm.”It’s good that the Police want to comb the area.They have my 100 per cent support,” said Lemmy Geingob.”I also want this sorted out because everyone is raising a rumour”.The Namibian tried on numerous occasions last year to obtain comment from Loini Geingos, and left messages at the office of the former Prime Minister in Washington, DC, but with no success.He hoped that a thorough Police search would offer some relief Xamseb’s family. Relatives of the missing man have criticised the Police for ignoring their requests for a widespread search of farm Tsobis, which belongs to the former Prime Minister, and other surrounding farms. Police say Xamseb disappeared on May 6 2003, a day after he was driven off Tsobis by Loini Geingos, the wife of the former politician. The Police say Karl Oeder, who owns the farm south of Tsobis, gave Xamseb a lift to the main road on the morning of his disappearance, but that his tracks ended on the Geingob farm. “It’s good that the Police want to comb the area. They have my 100 per cent support,” said Lemmy Geingob. “I also want this sorted out because everyone is raising a rumour”. The Namibian tried on numerous occasions last year to obtain comment from Loini Geingos, and left messages at the office of the former Prime Minister in Washington, DC, but with no success.