Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:54:59 +0000 Opposition MMD in Mufumbwe has accused the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) of ferrying over 250 armed cadres to intimidate and harass villagers in the area ahead of the forthcoming by-election on November 8. MMD chairman for Local Government Newton Samakayi who is campaign manager in Mufumbwe, claimed the PF had imported about 250 cadres who arrived in the area on Wednesday in the night armed with iron bars and machetes. “We are informed that PF has brought about 250 hooligans who arrived here on Wednesday and whose main aim is to terrorize and intimidate MMD and UPND supporters. It has come to our attention that PF is sponsoring violence so that it escalates to force government to call off the elections because PF is not prepared for the event,” said Mr. Samakayi. Mr. Samakayi also said that his party was aware of a chopper ferrying suspicious materials which landed […]
