MWALITETA POINTS GŬN AT SOCIALIST PARTY ASPIRING CANDIDATE FOR KAUNGA WARD IN LUANGWA

MWALITETA POINTS GŬN AT SOCIALIST PARTY ASPIRING CANDIDATE FOR KAUNGA WARD IN LUANGWA

……he removed his pist0l while saying this is the pist0l we will use to sh00t you, says MANEYA MWALE

Lusaka… Friday, April 12, 2024

Socialist Party (SP) aspiring candidate for Kaunga ward, Luangwa District, Lusaka has lamented how UPND officials among them UPND Lusaka Province Chairman Obvious Mwaliteta allegedly kidnăpped, harassed and manhandled her during the time she was about to file in her nomination papers.

Maneya Mwale, 22, narrated how Mwaliteta pointed a pist0l at her while threatening to sh00t her if she went ahead to file in her nomination on the Socialist party ticket.

Speaking in Nyanja, Ms. Mwale explained her ordeal on how she was kidnăpped.

“When everything was starting, my relatives advised me that I should not be at the scene of what was happening for fear of being kidnăpped. And that’s how I was gotten and we went to the nomination centre. When we reached the nomination centre, we discovered that the affidavit paper wasn’t signed, so we had to go to the police to have it signed. On our way back, we found the road had been blocked by some known men only identified as Eddie and Cloudy whom we started talking to, and moments later, some people came joined more than 15. After a bit of arguments, we were later allowed to pass through the trees that were used to block us,” said Mwale.

“A few minutes later on a bridge, that’s when we found a Hilux vehicle parked, and when we approached the driver, we were told that the vehicle was down. When we were approaching Luangwa bridge, I was then asked why I wanted to stand on the socialist party instead of UPND offering me a job, saying that they will give me any amount of money. Tell us how much money you were given we give you. I then told them that politics doesn’t need money, if you wanted me, you would have come before these people because you had chosen two candidates already”.

Ms. Mwale further narrated how Mr. Mwaliteta pointed his pist0l at her.

“Before reaching Luangwa bridge, Eddie and his friends who were five in total removed a pist0l and said if I don’t say something that makes sense, they will sh00t me. It was at that point that Mr Mwaliteta called them ordering them to take me to him. When we got to where Mr Mwaliteta was, Mr Mwaliteta started asking me why I didn’t stand on UPND ticket, saying if I don’t say sensible things they will sh00t me; that’s when he removed his pist0l while saying this is the pist0l we will use to sh00t you. I then told him that your time has already passed, it’s time to let your friends rule as well. That’s how I left Mr Mwaliteta until three socialist party women came and took me to the nomination centre,” said Mwale.