The court has issued an arrest warrant for Khama for the possession of illegal firearms.The judge issued orders that Mr Khama should be arrested on sight. Khama has denied the charges and says they are part of a political conspiracy after he fell out with his successor . He is facing 14 charges including allegations of money laundering and handling stolen property. The warrant issued is only for the possession of five illegal firearms.
He told the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme in April that the charges were “fabricated” and that he suspected people in Mr Masisi’s government intended “to do me harm”.
“He wants to eliminate me before the 2024 elections because he views me as his biggest stumbling block to his re-election,” Mr Khama said of his successor.
The government called his allegations of a planned assassination “outrageous”.
“The narrative that the former president and his family members are being persecuted is devoid of any truth,” government spokesperson John-Thomas Dipowe said in May.
