By ADRIAN MWANZA
We are waiting for our legal department to finalise modalities in the Faith Musonda case for us to start legal proceedings against her, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Spokesperson Queen Chibwe has said.
Uncertainty has gripped Ms Musonda and her legal team after they being left in the dark as to when she would appear in court following her arrest on Tuesday and again rearrested the following hours after managing to get a bond which was overturned as result of instructions from higher authorities.
Ms Chibwe said that they had not yet set the date for Ms Musonda to appear in court because they were waiting for the lawyers who were working round the clock to conclude with the case.
She said she could not divulge further details about the matter because the legal team was still working on the case.
She said the legal department were the ones that would determine when Ms Musonda would appear in court.
“Legal department and the lawyers are working on something comprehensive that’s when we are going to give all the details and that is the reason why she has not yet appeared in court,” she said.
And Ms Musonda’s, Lawyer Makebi Zulu has said they were still in the dark on when they were supposed to go back to court after their client was charged with the offence of being in possession of properties suspected to be proceeds of crime by the ACC.
Mr Zulu said that they had not been given dates on when to go back to court as the ACC were still working on the case.
He said that they were in the dark as the ACC had indicated that they would get back to them once they finished with modalities.
“I cannot give you much information and ACC are the ones who can give you the full details about this matter as we are still waiting for communication so that we can appear in court,” Mr Zulu said.
Ms Musonda has been slapped with fresh charges after the state earlier confiscated K65 million, US$57,000 and a house which were suspected to be proceeds of crime but she clinched a deal with the ACC which made her avoid prosecution.
Faith Musonda’s Lawyers in Limbo
