Zambia Police Foil Plot Against President Hichilema, Arrest Two Suspects
In a significant development, the Zambia Police Service, in coordination with the Department of Immigration and the Anti-Terrorism Unit, has successfully thwarted an alleged plot targeting President Hakainde Hichilema. Two male suspects, identified as Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, a 42-year-old Mozambican national, and Leonard Phiri, a 43-year-old resident of Kafewa Village in Sinda District, were apprehended in Lusaka. The suspects were reportedly in possession of various charms, including a live chameleon.
According to preliminary investigations, the suspects are believed to be practicing witchdoctors hired by Nelson Banda, the younger brother of fugitive Emmanuel Jay Banda. Police reports reveal that the plot involved the use of witchcraft to harm the President, with an initial payment of K16,500.00 made out of a total K30,000.00 fee. Upon completing their mission, the suspects were reportedly promised a staggering sum of K2,000,000.00.
Police Public Relations Officer Rae Hamoonga confirmed the arrests and outlined the seriousness of the case in a statement. “The suspects were engaged in an illegal and dangerous scheme aimed at harming our Head of State. We are treating this matter with utmost seriousness and are committed to ensuring justice is served,” Hamoonga stated.
The two suspects are facing multiple charges under Zambian law, including:
- Professing knowledge of witchcraft, contrary to Section 5(a) of the Witchcraft Act, Chapter 90 of the Laws of Zambia.
- Possession of charms, in violation of Section 11(2) of the Witchcraft Act, Chapter 90.
- Cruelty to wild animals, contrary to Section 80 of the Zambia Wildlife Act, No. 14 of 2015.
Hamoonga further disclosed that the suspects are currently in police custody and will appear in court soon. He also confirmed that efforts to apprehend Nelson Banda, who is believed to have orchestrated the plot, are ongoing.
The revelation of this plot has sent shockwaves across the nation, underscoring the persistent threats to Zambia’s leadership. Authorities have urged citizens to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activities to law enforcement agencies.
“The safety of our citizens and leaders is our top priority,” Hamoonga emphasized. “The Zambia Police Service remains resolute in its commitment to ensuring peace and stability in the country. Any actions that threaten national security will be met with swift and decisive measures.”
This case highlights the lengths to which some individuals may go in pursuit of malicious goals. The continued investigation into the plot serves as a reminder of the critical importance of national security and collective vigilance. As authorities work tirelessly to bring all culprits to justice, the nation is reassured of the unwavering commitment of its security services to protecting Zambia’s leadership and citizens alike.
Sources: Mwebantu online Media.
Who can bewitch our president surely? Because of superstition, we have failed to house our president at Plot One. Can Mar a Lago be substituted for White House?
A cruel way to implicate Jay Jay in further legal matters after the abduction bid went sour.
Even when Jesus Christ was solidly innocent, the Roman government of the day found faults in him to silence him. Without evidence, accusers keep digging for more to implicate their foes.
Zambians dont believe in witchcraft-even the law says witchcraft doesnt exist-so how can Hakainde claim to have someone targeting him with witchcraft? How can he and his policemen prove something they deny exists?
MZ, you have the gospel wrong. The Romans found no case against Jesus. Thats why their governor, Pontius Pilate washed his hands. The Jews, although they were colonised by the romans insisted there was a case against Jesus because he claimed he was the awaited messiah. As far as they were and are concerned the messiah is yet to come. Perhaps he is Netanyahu.
Seriouly??? ZP of true fuuls… how can a chameleon harm a live president? What de fvck am reading?
Please please Ba Jack Mwiimbu just resign or go into foreign mission as ambassador to some where unknown like Bolivia, and rest in peace there.
Shut the fcking government!!
I thought the story is about hundreds of accidents and daily deaths caused by presidential motorcade between a private house and state house?
All Witchdoctors must be outlawed and banned. These criminals are the ones beings the ritual crimes.
If you see a sign of a Witchdoctor advertising their services report them first thing to the Police.
And the BBC are making a meal of it. Through the colonialist broadcaster, the whole world can see how superstitious Zambians are
So you mean they were going to replace the president with a chameleon? What is happening in the country guys kkkkkk I thought these stories stopped in the early 1990s
He is already a chameleon. He started changing into beautiful colours immediately after the 2021 elections victory according to the tree he sit on on purpose. Elections promises changed colours and have continued to do so to date. He said unnecessary by-elections cost money. Today such elections are a necessity.
Took the words right out of my mouth. HH has been the best example of a chameleon we have ever had in State House. Everything that he was against as an opposition leader he now supports. That seat! It turns people into chameleons or is it chameleons who love that seat?
So can New dawn hire a sangoma to bring back JJ?
No they want to play the game that they dont believe in witchcraft but back home in Bweengwa they have vitumwa buried at all the gates entrances and even in wells!
A lie can travel half way around Zambia while the truth is putting on its sandals in Eastern Province. Who can believe this demagoguery? How do they know HechHech was targeted? Can we prove witchcraft in court? Wizardry can only be countered by witchcraft itself. Too much of Harry Potter clips here.
Iwe na iwe, The burden of proof will be on HH
Significant Developement ???
Our Police are pathetic what next ???
Ni specialist police “witch finding unit” success kkkk
Where is their HQ? Community House? Red Brick?
The President is very Lucky; they would have bewitched him!
What next.
It is obvious. Make a case against JJ. And to legitimise it, the police law quoted offences: animal cruelty; enchanting the president; and possessing charms for enchantment.
He would probably even be tried in absentia. Welcome to the methodical government where the rule of takes lead.
On this I totally disagree with this backwards thinking………
GRZ should be heavily involved in sanitisation efforts to move zambian mindset away from such retrogressive backward thinking…….
This is embarrassing and a waste of time and resources that a whole government and nation can still believe in witchcraft…..
Infact this is one of the subjects to introduce in primary education, to teach children not to believe this crap…….
FWD2031
Viva Spaka!
Spaka.The police do not really believe in whichcraft.The British colonists who introduced the charge of “Professing witchcraft” did not believe in witchcraft themselves. It is the nefarious intent to create fear and confusion in a community that they sought to suppress. Furthermore, Mr Banda’s wizards have brought to the fore that HH’s steadfast fight against corruption and theft has raised dangerous criminals with stolen money that are ready to take chances on the head of state’s life and limb.
Take this very seriously
@Spaka…it’s great to see you being objective for a change, as most of the time you choose to support HH and UPND government no matter what. Keep it up.
This is the most ridiculous story I have ever heard off! I really now think we have a superstitious Kadansa Mulyiokela in power!
He can’t move into State House because he believes Lungu left vitumwa in there. The SDA could n’t help him exorcise the place because he abandoned them and donned a Jewish cap as he joined jews at some wall in Jerusalem thus selling out to the Christians.
Paranoia leads to d1ctatorship, the signs are beginning to show.
This story is just a distraction tactic to keep us away from real issues.
In the meantime, there is serious loadshedding(ECL’s time, they shared information of when and where – now they do not), not the guy that promised not to touch the cyber bill – now if you say something you might just land behind bars.
Why do I feel that mu guys used our frustrations with ECL only to renegade on the same!?!
If not for concourt, ECL was going to alebwelalapo…
It’s totally unbelievable to have to read such a ridiculous story. In this day and age, you still believe that it’s okay to arrest and prosecute an individual on suspicion that he’s trying to bewitch someone? How in the heck do you even prove such a case? Believing in that kind of superstition explains why Zambia is still underdeveloped, 60 years after independence. Countries around us, such as Tanzania and Botswana, are developing fast, while we remain underdeveloped and stuck in the 1960s. Guys, let’s get serious and focus on more pertinent issues like how to end load shedding, instead of wasting time on such hard to prove superstitious nonsense.
A nation can still develop with superstitious people.Ask the Brazilians,Japanese,Chinese,even Donald Trump
The Chinese? check their various literature like the red book. They make great attempts at removing superstition from their society. The Japanese war against the allies commonly known as World War 2 exposed them as superstitious fags but after those Hiroshima Nagasaki bombings they abandoned those customs and have developed quite fast.
Fresha,liar After WWII those countries where forced to adopt western education but superstition still runs deep their culture.India,its even worse but they still have managed to land at the back of the moon.
Iwe MuZambian naiwe! liar wakuti? Have you studied them? And who are you referring to Kansi? You seem to lump India China and Japan together. India is very different from Japan and from China. The Japanese Kamikaze culture came out of their superstitions about the emperor being some god. Its no longer practiced. Shinto and Buddhism are now the main beliefs.
The Chinese banned all metaphysical references and religion during the revolution. I have tried to speak to those in Zambia -try speaking to them-about God and they are lost. They genuinely dont know what you are talking about. Its only now that religion is making a comeback of some kind in China.
Fresha is right. India has more foreign influences than Japan and China. India was colonized by the British, Portuguese, Dutch, French, afghans etc.
Japan has never been colonised. Even during the 7 years of occupation one can’t say Japanese culture or education was destroyed, only influenced.
China was colonised by Japan but with little influence and the revolution wiped these out
@MuZambian, It’s one thing to have a certain percentage of UNEDUCATED superstitious people in the country ( every country has a potion of its population that remain uneducated). But it’s another thing when that superstition is being promoted by an educated government that’s supposed be dealing in scientific facts and reasoning. If you were the prosecutor in a case like the one mentioned in the article above, how would go about proving that these two individuals posed any danger to anybody? How would you prove that whatever “charms” and a Chameleon the suspects had in possesion posed any danger to anybody? Hello?
@Patriot thas Very easy. Just bring the two main complainants, Mr and Mrs Hichilema and show the court how traumatised they are by the incident. Mrs Hichilema would testify to how HH is no longer eating his Mabisi and how he is waking up talking in his sleep every night shouting “Tandili analuuntambwe!”
Superstition is worldwide, but most nations have removed crimes relating to it from the statute books. Zambia is behind / backwards / reversing. It’s simply a verbatim remnant of British colonial law, Britain removed it in the 1940s for their own country but we still are waiting for transport to remove this nonsense. Causing alarm or making threats should be the charges
same difference
“Uchawi” in Kenya,albino sacrifice in Tanzania ,Voodoo in Benin/Haiti ,ritual killings in Nigeria and now this BS witchcraft nonsense in “Christian Nation” of Zambia with actual law enforcers wasting resources on it?
Truly i tell ya , we deserve the poverty /backwardness we have engineered for ourselves.
This is embarrassing for state machinery being involved in witch hunting. What happened to us being a Christian Nation? First it was those people arrested at the High Court and now this? What does this say about our leaders? Are they a bunch of superstitious people engaged in spiritual warfare against one another? GRZ should have pushed this event under the carpet because there is no legal basis for this nonsense. At a time our country has serious challenges with food and energy, our leaders are busy pushing these narratives and diverting attention at serious matters
Failure to extradite JJ Banda from Zimbabwe has frustrated some Senior Police Officers, such that the Police Service has switched to punishing JJ Banda’s Family by creating the WITCHCRAFT allegations. Police should have consulted members of Traditional Health Practitioners Association of Zambia (THPAZ) to establish if witchcraft ever works at all. The truth is that President HH was not physically involved in the abduction and torture of JJ Banda. However, if witchcraft works in Africa, the “JuJu” to be administered by two persons allegedly hired by JJ Banda’s Family could have been targeted to HAUNT persons who actually abducted and tortured JJ Banda. This weird allegation to redirect witchcraft planned to harm President HH has exposed the Zambian Police to international ridicule.