By Samson Chilufya.
An unadopted former UPND candidate has run away with an undisclosed amount of cash which the PF lavishly gifted him, on the understanding that he defects to the ruling party and denounces Hakainde Hichilema. The named former lawmaker whose identity has been withheld for security reasons, failed to pitch up at yesterday’s press conference where former UPND MP for Namwala Moono Lubezyi defected to the PF.
It is understood he switched off his phones but sources say he was seen a day earlier visiting multiple forex bureaus where he was buying foreign currency.
“His PF handlers with former Mbabala MP Ephraim Belemu and Charles Kakoma visited his residence somewhere in the Shantumbu area to verify his whereabouts, but only found an unchained snarling Germany shepherd that looked like it wouldn’t mind having a human being for a meal. And so they abandoned the mission and reported the man missing, it is possible he has flown out of the country”, said the source.
PF is dishing out millions of printed cash to senior UPND leaders including those that have been adopted, so that they defect and denounce Hakainde Hichilema. -Proud Aushi Musamba Mumba