Police in Nchelenge District of Luapula Province are holding a 70 year old disabled man for allegedly defiling his 13 year old grand daughter.
Luapula Province Deputy Police Commanding Officer, Muwesa Wakwinji confirmed the development to ZANIS.
Mr. Wakwinji said the elderly man identified as Zachariah Mwape of Ndayi Village in Chief Mununga’s area of Chienge District is alleged to have defiled his named grand daughter of the same village around 10:00 hours yesterday.The accused has deformed legs and moves using his hands.
The Provincial Deputy Police Chief said the accused lured his grand daughter into his house after lying to her that he wanted to give her K 1,000 to buy a pencil.
He said Mwape was caught in the act by neighbors who became suspicious when the two locked themselves in the house.
Mr. Wakwinji warned elderly men against engaging themselves in criminal activities such as child defilement.
He said the law is not selective and that the Police will enforce it to the fullest regardless of the age of those committing defilement cases.
Mr. Wakwinji expressed disappointment that elderly people who are supposed to be the custodians of Zambia’s cultural norms and values are involving themselves in illicit activities.
Mwape has been remanded at Nchelenge Police Station and will appear in court soon.
ZANIS
whats going on ku luapula? last week some i.d.i.o.t killed a six year old chap over fish or chapatwa. its sex, murder and stealing….. rubbish.!!
Sad development. It should be interesting that the accused is disabled. Question is, is this man still with his wife? It could be that he’s been starved for a long time. As outrageous as it sounds, Government and other stakeholders should provide access to relationships for the disabled.
Chimangeni chigabenga!
Mr wakinji there is nothing like custodian wen sex is neer
just cut his hands now, so that he will never do it again….
#2 You are not serious are you?
The girl must have enjoyed it. There is no mention of ‘calling for help’ The neighbours just discovered on their own. They just disturbed them. Too bad.
#2 AND 7 YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS, WHAT ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE NOT DISABLED WHO DEFILE CHILDREN, #7 HOW CAN YOU SAY THE GIRL MUST HAVE ENJOYED IT BECAUSE SHE DIDNT CALL FOR HELP? SHE COULD HAVE BEEN THREATENED. JAIL THIS MAN AND CHOP OFF HIS NTWENU TO TEACH OTHERS A LESSON. CHIMU DALA PAKAICHE SHAME!
Alupundu no bukote….sad indeed especially that it has been done by a disabled man! The law will catch up with him as the office has said.
#2 and 7 do you have sisters or daughters?
This grandpa is a pervert. Period. He is a danger to society and must be kept in prison. In the UK, having sex with a minor ie aged 16 and younger is a prisonable offence. They would also put him on sex offenders list. In the USA he would be banned from being near children. We should also protect our children in Zambia like it is in other sensible nations.
wat do u expect from Luapula…nga tekwiba ninshi buchende. azakamba kusogolo uyo. babombeko ba police mwe, bachila mo ukulofya
#s 6, 8 and 10
Am very serious with my point. There are, within our society certain individuals that cant access sex. More so for individuals with certain disabilities. And for them to exprience sex, there is need for effort by others. After all, sex is a human right.
If such individuals are left unaided, they are indanger of contracting serious infections such as AIDS or put others in danger because they will take on any one to experience sex. Thus there is need to help them for their mental health.
This brainless old dude must go to jail, how is going to survive with his deformed legs is up to him, nonsense!
There is no excuse for defilement. Non what-so-ever. The girl is his grandaughter therefore he has/had access to the sacred ground. Chipubafye chi shikulu
I have no words…it’s all too unbelievably pathetic.
SHAME ,PUT THAT OLD AN IN JAIL
That Shikulu is definitely f.u.c.ked. Though country men and women, let us not look at who, lets look at what. It has already happened, too late to show the ol’ fag a piece of our minds. Much as someone suggested an arrangement for the ‘evil’ disabled, it’s worth looking at avenues for quenching or diverting their idle minds. Be reminded that he was the only one caught, what of the others not yet caught? What if it’s happening in your homestead?
Let this be a warning to ALL chilemas trying to just “grab” some @$$ because you’re disbaled and can’t get some P*$$y the right way like everybody else. Atleast try it on an older woman not some helpless little girl, who he knew he would likery over power with his strong @$$ hands. Under the jail is where ba shikulu belongs. If they find him guilty, I say give him 30 years hard labour. He’ll use his hands to cut the grass in the prison yard or something. Hell, his hands are good for something right?
Excuse the typo there…the word is “Likely”….ha ha ha…..
what an ***** grandpa,you could have just got yoself a holker,poor innocent girl!!pliz parents trust no one around yo daughters!!!!!!
This is becoming a big problem home, you are letting these fools off the hook so easily. I know of someone who defiled his own daughter and only did less than a year of jailtime in Lusaka. Who is releasing these lunatics? Whoever is giving these people easy punishment needs to do some explanation, this is too much. Nobody wants to discuss these issues, they are not taboo anymore. families need to be vigilante in dealing with these issues and ensuring that justice prevails. Stupid grandpa, whether you are freakinf=g disabled, i don’t give a toss at this point, limbi echo walemanina, pumbafu iwe!! Kukota kobe nangu naine nkakota, JAIL this ***** , he is almost dead let him die in prison.
Sad indeed………..70 yrs old, his mind could be failing him already.
So sad that this all we keep hearing abt from home nothing pleasing at all. Our children are not safe even with their own fathers and grandfathers awe it jst puts tears to my eyes. i cry for my unborn daughters:((