Former President EDGAR LUNGU’s barber, Shebby Chilekwa, has been charged with murder jointly with other unknown persons.Chilekwa yesterday appeared in the Kaoma Magistrate Court for the explanation of the charge.This is in relation to an incident that happened in 2019 in Kaoma during a by-election where the PF and UPND clashed resulting in a gun fire which claimed Mr Lawrence Banda’s life.According to eye witnesses, the UPND cadres around midday in Site and Service Compound stopped near the PF camp which also had the likes of Ms Mumbi Phiri and Kalulushi MP, Kampamba Mulenga and one of the UPND cadre produced a pistol and fired indiscriminately in the process hitting two people. It was at the same event that a member from the rival camp allegedly fired and hit Mr Banda.Meanwhile Kaoma Magistrate Besting Hamaseke informed the accused that he had been charged with murder while acting together with unknown persons on October 6, 2019 […]
Chilekwa charged with murder
