LILONGWE –The legal team of self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, will apply to the Lilongwe Magistrate’s Court in Malawi to have South Africa’s extradition request thrown out. “Yes, I confirm,” the couple’s lawyer, Wapona Kita, said, and when asked on what warranted this application, Kita responded: “It is on the grounds that the SADC (Southern African Development Community) protocol is not part of the laws of Malawi and therefore cannot be used as a legal basis for extradition.”Following court proceedings in Malawi on Monday, Kita told the media that “as much as it (the SADC protocol) was signed, it has not been domesticated as part of the laws of Malawi.” According to Kita, this meant that Malawi’s Parliament had not agreed to the SADC protocol officially being part of Malawi’s laws. “… so it cannot be used in court as a basis to extradite someone,”Kita said.Meanwhile, South African witnesses, whose statements are […]
Bushiris’ legal team seeksto have SA’s extraditionrequest dismissed
