The acting Regional Commander for Police in the Oshana Region, Fredrick Djadila, has dispatched a team of police officers, including the Oshakati Police Station Commander, to Rochas to to halt a meeting planned by Uukwambi Traditional Community Committee.

The police state they are enforcing a court order issued on Thursday to stop a planned commemoration of the former chiefs of the Uukwambi Traditional Authority.

Despite the police presence, the group's spokesperson, Tangy Tshilongo, engaged the media while the police stood watch, stating that what the police were doing was illegal and that the committee was mobilising to dethrone the current Uukwambi Traditional Authority Chief, Herman Iipumbu.

They claim that Iipumbu is not from the royal family.

When contacted for comment, Chief Iipumbu stated that he would reserve his comments as he knows nothing about the alleged press conference, noting that he will call for a press conference next week.