Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:23:29 +0000 Former president Rupiah Banda has described as totally untrue and a malicious fabrication reports that he was seeking political asylum in South Africa. The reports he said, are not only untrue but a grave defamation of his character because he has never at anytime contemplated fleeing Zambia because there was no reason for doing so “I am certainly coming back home before proceeding for other international assignments” he said. There was absolutely no truth that the South African Government had been approached to offer him asylum. Speaking in a telephone interview with the Daily Nation, he explained that this was not the first time he had travelled for other destinations including South Africa and contrary to suggestions, he did not sneak out of the country but travelled through the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport for South Africa where s among other things he met with his Lawyer Robert Amsterdam who […]
