BRIAN MUNDUBILE ‘ALMOST ABDUCTED’ BY PLAIN CLOTHED OFFICERS DURING EASTER WEEKEND – GEORGE CHISANGA.
Tuesday, 7 April 2026 (Smart Eagles).
The Tonse Alliance has called upon the government to allow its president Hon Brian Mundubile to freely engage citizens ahead of the August 13, 2026 general elections.
Speaking to the media in Lusaka today, BM8 Presidential Spokesperson Hon Geroge Chisanga said any attempt to arrest Hon Mundubile outside due process is highly undesirable and may just lead to unnecessary unbridled chaos.
His remarks comes after a recent attempt to arrest Hon Mundubile in an alleged abduction style operation by plain clothed officers during the Easter weekend.
Hon Chisanga said any charges against Mr Mundubile must be pursued in strict accordance with the law.
He added that Hon Mundubile has since instructed his lawyers to formally write to law enforcement agencies, outlining his grievances and demanding that any future action be conducted fully within the law.
“Towards the Easter weekend, the Tonse had lined up a number of activities to engage stakeholders in Lusaka, Eastern and Copperbelt. The team received information of a plot to have president Mundubile arrested on site, in an abduction style based on yet another complaint filed against him by a UPND official. Even in the light of this precautionary measure, President Mundubile was almost abducted closer to home by plain clothed officers,” he said.
Hon Chisanga said the Tonse Alliance and FDD remain is therefore disturbed by the continued mistreatment of Hon Mundubile.
“The known genesis of this was when Minister of Information and Media Hon Mweetwa who expressed his displeasure at the lack of action by the Law Enforcement Agencies against Hon Mundubile even after Hon Kambwili had made incriminating statement against Hon Mundubile. Immediately after Mweetwa’s screams which included instructions to the police to take action against Hon Mundubile, he was prevented from traveling out of the country by authorities.
He was subjected to interrogations that boarder on unsubstantiated claims and allegations of terrorism and treason. In these interrogation, various names of important people who have had no business or dealings with Hon Mundubile were suggested to him as his collaborators. He was then deposited in custody in a manner that violated the law in a manner that violated bothe the law and due process.
The police then released him on dubious charges of Aiding and abetting in the Commission of the crime. Within the course of the week, after it was established that Hon Mundubile would be travelling around the country, to Canvas mobilisation among his supporters, he was again summoned to ACC to answer to matters that had already been previously investigated and cleared. When the LEA saw the growing concerns blackout the treatment of Hon Mundubilie on the number of people who went to show solidarity, they released him without charge,” he said.