Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela deputy chief, Kgosi Bana Sekai Linchwe, heaved a sigh of relieve on Tuesday when Gaborone Regional Magistrate court set him free by dismissing criminal proceedings pursued by government against him since 2014. Jubilation was written all over the faces of hundreds of Bakgatla tribesmen who have been following the court case religiously, as they celebrated the victory by their lawyers Nelson Ramaotwana and Onalethata Kambai. "I am happy with the court ruling. As has been stated repeatedly before; it was weird that I was singled out for prosecution when everybody else was forgiven. Now I can go on with my life without this prosecution hanging over my head," said Sekai, in the company of his wife in court. Sekai was facing several counts including "assault occasioning bodily harm", which could have seen him languish in jail for no less than five years if convicted. He successfully interdicted government from continuing with trial after efforts by Bakgatla leadership to broker peace were spurned by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Pushing for a conviction against Sekai with great determination to throw him behind bars, DPP had assigned their most senior legal gurus being Assistant Director Susan Mangori and Deputy Director…