Home Affairs Minister Jack Mwiimbu says Given Lubinda is safe and in good health after being rescued by the Zambia Police Service.
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Affairs, Jack Mwiimbu Said
Police Probe Video of PF Leader Given Lubinda in Distress
Police have launched investigations into a circulating video in which Patriotic Front (PF) faction Acting President Given Lubinda appears in distress and seemingly coerced by suspected political cadres.
Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu said if the video is verified as authentic, it depicts serious crimes including abduction, assault, and coercion, all of which carry heavy prison sentences under Zambian law.
Speaking at a press briefing, Mr. Mwiimbu emphasized that the Zambia Police Service will investigate the matter with the utmost urgency to ensure accountability and uphold public safety.
” The Police Rescued Hon Given Lubinda, otherwise the situation could have become worse” . That’s the Minister of Home Affairs! What is this man trying to tell the Zambians? The man is emphasizing the rescue and not the Offence.
Come on, it’s the offence which led to the rescue..and not the Rescue which led to the Offence.
The Perpetrators of the Offence should have been arrested there and then..You allow the offenders to go and then you start making Investigations based on Video evidence, when the Police Officers were witnesses to the actual acts ? Does this make sense to you Hon Minister Jack Mwiimbu??
You find a Rapist raping a woman. You rescue the Woman, and allow the Rapist to go home???
Hakainde’s Zambia!
Seamless observation and reaction, when the Republican President was pelted with stone you all sounded trumpets various melodies and happy.
Did you say arrest the unruly Chaps?
Nomba on Lubinda ka acting president of defunct PF faction you are all singing.
He should learn to notify police. Si apa he has been protected by the same police you condemn.
@K100…..! It’s PF vs PF. The people who abducted him are Davis Mwila’s people. Mwila is supporting MUNDUBILE. Forget about that man who is putting on UPND T-shirt…
The moment Mwila announced and the cadres attacked.
PF is seriously into cannibalism!!
This is the reason people must have a permit to hold meetings so that the police can be aware and ready to provide security. Did he have a permit? Let us see it. If not then he is just another person acting unlawful even after presiding over the Ministry of Justice as Minister.
Certainly, the police need to act swiftly and conduct a completely unbiased investigation to hold the offenders accountable and ensure they face the consequences of their actions. Politics is a game, and with the 2026 General Elections approaching, opposition parties, particularly the PF, which is mired in chaos, internal leadership disputes, and division, may resort to underhanded tactics to damage the reputation of the UPND government and its leaders.
Similarly, adversaries of progress from the PF might don UPND clothing to disguise their identities and falsely implicate the UPND in inciting violence, even though they are not responsible. I firmly believe and am quite certain that the harassment and abduction of Honourable Given Lubinda were orchestrated by the PF. it was an inside job, and the truth will come to light, that will shock the public.
Ba Knowledge, it is not beyond UPND cadres to harass the opposition. They are not angels. The bottom line is those who attached Mr. Lubinda committed a crime whether they are UPND cadres or PF cadres masquerading as UPND cadres or whatever and the Police must move in quickly and arrest and prosecute them.
What happened is a serious threat to law and order and must be dealt with firmly and expeditiously. You cannot rough up an old man in the way those thugs did. What kind of society are we?
Knowledge, the UPND cadres have issued a statement confirming it was them that abducted Lubinda. What is wrong with you to ignore their statement? You people are a danger to our country. Never again shall we experiment having people like you in office.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
I think this is a learning lesson for all political parties! You need to plan your trips and inform the police of your movements. When you inform police of your movements, all you are trying to do is to ensure that you are protected, and when police advise you to reschedule your on account of lack of manpower it’s important to do so. You see how things are and how stupid the opposition behaved by celebrating when the Jerabos were stoning the head of state. You can’t celebrate violence no matter what. Now you are saying the perpetrators should be arrested and sent to prison, but never expressed the same sentiments when they attacked the head of state. Criminality hooliganism should be condemned by all.