President Rupiah Banda’s son Andrew has been arrested on latest charges of allegedly defaming President Michael Sata during a campaign meeting in Chipata.
Andrew was arrested in Lusaka today after appearing before a Lusaka Magistrate for another matter.
Zambia Reports has been informed that Andrew is detained at Woodlands Police Station and may spend a night or weekend in custody.
Andrew has been a critic of President Sata’s government but a spate of arrests of citizens that are openly criticising the Head of State is increasing.
There are close to 20 individuals that have so far been arrested for allegedly defaming President Sata.
“He was picked up by plain clothes officers after attending his court case at Lusaka Magistrate Complex today,” the report reads.
“From the look of things, he will certainly spend the night in police cells and possibly the entire weekend as Police in Lusaka have to wait for their colleagues from Chipata to get over to the capital to collect Andrew so that he is formally charged and arrested where he allegedly defamed Sata.”
Andrew has openly challenged Zambians to make sound judgements on assessing the performance of the Patriotic Front after it came to power on a wave of numerous promises but has not delivered.
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