The leader of the newly-formed Socialist Revolution (SR) party Teboho Mojapela, has accused the police of waylaying him to unnecessarily grill him over the murder of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s former wife Lipolelo Thabane.

Mr Mojapela said he had been “waylaid” by two police officers, soon after he had finished addressing a press conference at the AME Hall in Maseru.

He had called the press briefing to inform the world about the recent shooting of one of his security officers Potlako Nalane.

The two officers then started quizzing him about the slaying of Mrs Thabane.

Mr Mojapela said he could not understand why the police were again questioning him about the June 2017 shooting, which claimed the life of Mrs Thabane, as he had already spoken to one of the investigating officers in the matter and volunteered the information he knew about the murder.