By GIDEON NYENDWAMUMBI Phiri should be freed immediately until police have tangible and irrefutable evidence against her, Our Civic Duty Association (OCIDA) has demanded.OCIDA chairperson Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu, in a strongly worded statement, says the incarceration of the former Patriotic Front deputy secretary general and her co-accused, former president Edgar Lungu’s barber Shabby Chilekwa, in a murder case for six months without trial was one clear illustration of abuse of human rights and demanded for her immediate release.And The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has said there is need for the country to ensure speedy trial of detained suspects.LAZ President Lungisani Zulu said persons accused of various offences should not deprived of their liberties and must therefore be presented to court as soon as possible.Archbishop Mpundu said perhaps, as many people were speculating, was it a case of revenge against Ms Phiri who instigated the arrest of President Hakainde Hichilema when he was in the […]
FREE MUMBI PHIRI NOW, SAYS OCIDA
