Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:40:14 +0000 …Sumaili escapes lynching by UPND cadres By CHARLES MUSONDA and JUSTINA MULENGA UNRULY UPND cadres yesterday heckled, insulted and almost physically manhandled Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili at the Magistrate Court where she was summoned for contempt of court. It took HH’s special advisor William Banda commonly known as “Tekere’ to restrain the cadres who however, continued their verbal assault against the Minister. There was no Police Presence at the court in spite of the huge UPND cadre turn out. Party vice president Geoffrey Mwamba was the first one to emerge from the court room but to everyone’s surprise, the cadres ignored him but opted to wait for Ms. Sumaili. As soon as she emerged from the courtroom, the unruly cadres hurled unprintables as they verbally abused her, accusing her of not being fit to hold a ministerial position as she was not discharging her […]
