BENCH WARRANTS ISSUED AGAINST GBM, TAYALI
Bench warrants have been issued against former Minister of Defence Geoffrey Mwamba and fugitive politician Chilufya Tayali.
The bench warrants were separately issued yesterday at the Lusaka Magistrates Courts after adjudicators were informed that the accused persons were not present to answer to criminal charges.
In the case of Mwamba, popularly known as GBM, he was supposed to appear before magistrate Sanford Ngobola for continued defence.
The businessman and politician is facing 24 counts of failure to declare interest, money laundering and possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime.
When the case resumed yesterday morning, Mwamba was not in court but his lawyers explained that their client is unwell and has high blood pressure.
The magistrate then issued a bench warrant against the accused, which is retainable today. Some hours later, the accused’s official Facebook page was updated with pictures showing him on a hospital bed.
ZDM
For the courts to issue a bench warrant there must be just cause. We have to long allowed Politicans to sway and bend the law which every other Zambian faces the law.
Australia should be embarassed for allowing an known criminal seeking to evade justice in their country.
Very good these two think they are above the law. These pictures pretending to be ill. They are just jokers who when called to face the crime the claim to be ill. Crime has consequences.
Tayali is either showing us photoshoped pictures about being in Australia or if its true that he is in Australia the government there need to confronted for allowing a man who is evading the law into their country. I however doubt he is in Australia. He maybe hiding in someone’s home in Zambia hoping that the matter will die its natural death. Zambia wants its pound of “flesh” for the crimes commited.