By Mwaka Ndawa
PROPRIETOR of Spax Mining, Baba Kabaso Mulenga known as Spax, has written to Inspector General of police Lemmy Kajoba requesting that his name be cleared from the chemical gassing incidents.
Between December 2019 and March 2020, the nation witnessed a spate of incidents across the country where citizens, including school children, were gassed by unknown people.
Mulenga has challenged the Zambia Police Service to investigate and arrest anyone accusing him of being the master minder of the gassing incidents across the country and cause a public announcement clearing his name of the heinous crime.
On February 26, 2020 Mulenga was arrested for murder.
He was later released in August this year after the state entered a nolle prosequi due to lack of evidence.
However, Mulenga has complained to the Police against the false media allegations linking him to the recent gassing incident at Buyantanshi Technical School in Chingola district on the Copperbelt, including the previous incidents.
In a letter addressed to the nation’s top cop, Mulenga contended that the unfounded accusations were not only intended to tarnish and bring his name in disrepute, but were also criminal in nature.
He said they had the potential to incite members of the public to rise against him and his family.
Mulenga added that the allegations had left his children and family distressed.
“I have noted with concern social media comments and posts linking me to the gassing incident that engulfed the country from October 2019 to about March 2020, and the most recent which occurred in Chingola district on September 28, 2021,” read the letter.
“I have equally noted the failure on the part of the Zambia Police to exonerate me of these accusations despite the fact that numerous social media comments have linked me to this heinous crime. The Zambia Police is duty bound to protect innocent citizens from unscrupulous individuals peddling malicious information about others.”
He said as a law-abiding citizen he was concerned with the tragic incidents, especially that innocent lives were lost as a result of the gassing.
Mulenga explained that he had never been charged, arraigned or convicted for the gassing incidents by any competent court.
“Like many Zambians, I equally want your service to expedite investigations or indeed inform the nation as to the findings of the Zambia Police as to who was behind these unfortunate incidents. I am aware that when a complaint is made, it is right that the police have an opportunity to consider and respond to the matters raised,” read the letter further.
“In view of the foregoing, I would like the Zambia Police to investigate and arrest anyone who makes false allegations connecting me to the gassing incidents. Further, I am requesting that the Zambia Police cause a public announcement clearing me of any involvement in the gassing incident.”
(The Mast)