REVEALED: AKA was followed for hours before his murder

Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, was followed from the airport for hours before his murder. 

REVEALED: AKA WAS FOLLOWED FOR HOURS BEFORE HIS MURDER 

Police provided an update on the murders of AKA and his friend, Tibz on Tuesday evening. 

Police minister Bheki Cele said on Tuesday evening, six people have been arrested, and they will appear in court on Thursday. 

SIX MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDERS 

He also said the oldest suspect was 36 and that all of the suspects had been paid for their part in the crime, adding that payment “wasn’t much.”

KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said these six people had been arrested for the various roles that they played in the murders in AKA and Tibs. 

Mkhwanazi said the investigation revealed that AKA was followed from the airport landing hours before his 10 February 2023 killing as part of an elaborate assassination plot.

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ALL SIX PLAYED SPECIFIC ROLES IN THE ASSASSINATION PLOT 

Here are the roles of the six arrested: 

• Coordinator – the master of everything
• Shooter one 
• Shooter two 
• Spotter (inside the restaurant)
• Spotter (outside the restaurant) 
• Organiser of firearms and vehicles.

AKA WAS FOLLOWED FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE RESTAURANT 

“The spotter initially followed Mr Forbes from the airport on arrival…to the hotel and the restaurant where the incident happened.

“This person [who followed AKA] was also responsible for hiring [and] gathering resources together, the whole team together, as well as the rewards that came thereafter when the people had done their jobs — that payments that were done,”

Mkhwanazi said. 

MOST OF THE ACCUSED HAVE BEEN LINKED TO OTHER CRIMES 

He also added the five other accused — including the other spotter, the vehicle and arms organiser, and the gunmen — were linked to a slew of other murder cases.

Last year, reports indicated that police were looking into suspects who are part of a ‘powerful and feared family’ in KZN, with links to the taxi industry and construction mafia.

The report alleges police are also investigating close associates of AKA, after his murder outside Wish restaurant on Florida Road in Durban in February.

AKA AND TIBZ WERE SHOT AND KILLED IN FEBRUARY 2023

Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, AKA’s friend and a celebrity chef, was also shot dead during the incident.

Sources in the security cluster told the media last year that AKA and Motsoane were followed from King Shaka International Airport to the Wish on Florida restaurant.