LEGENDARY gospel musician Sipho "Big Fish" Makhabane is not feeling safe after he was hijacked at gunpoint by the occupants of a car fitted with blue lights.
The incident happened in Joburg on Monday, 19 February. He was robbed of all his belongings, including money and two cellphones.
The 59-year-old musician from Mpumalanga said he'd never stop for any blue lights car again.
Big Fish told Daily Sun he was driving his white Toyota Hilux GD6 single cab on Booysen Road in Joburg on Monday.
"A white car drove past me and flashed blue lights in front of me. I thought they were police officers, who were wearing private clothes.
"Because I obey Mzansi law, I respected them and stepped out of my car to hear what I had done wrong," he said.
He said while he was speaking to three men in the car with blue lights, a second car with four men arrived and forced him into the car with the blue lights.
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"They demanded my car keys and cellphones, and I gave them. They drove away with me for about three hours, and I think that was when they removed the tracker from my bakkie.
"They demanded bank cards and each card's PIN and demanded my bank apps' PIN to increase the daily limits and emptied my bank accounts. They threw me far away in the bushes. I had to find the main road. Fortunately, someone recognised me and picked me up," he said.
Big Fish encouraged Mzansi to be more vigilant when driving and be aware of bogus cops with blue lights.
"I also encourage people to not go around with many bank cards because they'll be in trouble when hijacked.
"I thank God that I survived because these criminals would have killed me," he said.
He opened a hijacking case at the Booysens Police Station.
Gauteng police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Mavela Masondo confirmed that a hijacking case was opened.
"Police can confirm that a case of hijacking was opened at the Booysens Police Station and police are searching for the suspects.
"Police would advise motorists that if they're stopped by an unmarked police car with blue lights on, and they suspect it might be bogus cops, they must just slow down, put their hazards on and drive to a place that they deem safe like a petrol station or police station," he said.
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