The East London Regional Court in the Eastern Cape has sentenced a 59-year-old man to five years direct imprisonment for lodging a false Road Accident Fund claim .
In January 2016, Solomzi Ndika-Ndika submitted a claim stipulating he was involved in a motor vehicle accident while he was travelling from Elliot towards Cala.
Ndika-Ndika further divulged that during the time, an oncoming vehicle approached him, which when he tried to avoid it, there was an accident when his car overturned.
In the aforesaid accident, Ndika-Ndika sustained injuries.
Eastern Cape HAWKS spokesperson, Avele Fumba says the court further declared him unfit to possess a firearm and there was no option for a fine in the matter.
