Eastern Cape police have confirmed that a warrant of arrest had been issued for chief Mandla Mandela.
However, provincial police spokesperson, lieutenant-colonel Sibongile Soci, says after consultation it was decided to withdraw the warrant and a warning statement be obtained from chief Mandela instead.
The grandson of former president Nelson Mandela is embroiled in a long-running bigamy case after charges were laid by his estranged first wife, Tando Mabunu- Mandela.
Chief Mandela was reportedly due to report to the Bityi police station to sign a document acknowledging the charges against him.
Colonel Soci says the docket pertaining to Mandela will be submitted to the senior public prosecutor for a decision on whether or not to prosecute on the bigamy charge.
Mabunu-Mandela, who filed for divorce in 2009, obtained a court order in 2010 preventing chief Mandela from marrying 19-year-old French woman, Anais Grimaud, but he defied the order and went ahead with the marriage.
Last December Mandela reportedly defied another court order to marry a woman from Kwazulu Natal.
Meanwhile, the Port Elizabeth attorney acting on behalf of Mabunu-Mandela, spoke of the difficulty he's been having in serving papers on Mandela's grandson.
Wesley Hayes of Joubert, Galpin and Searle, says they've had to resort to "reporting the sheriff of Mthatha to the board of sheriffs in order to actualy get documentation serve on Mr Mandela."
"In the current matter that we've got now we having issues with serving annulment papers and an application holding in contempt of court for the marriage that he entered into on the 24th of December," Hayes said.
