FORMER president Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Chris Zumani Zimba says he doesn’t need to fight for compensation from the state for malicious prosecution because he clearly deserves it. He, however, says he will still follow the right procedure for applying for compensation. And Zimba says his arrest was purely a political scheme to get to Lungu through him. Meanwhile, Zimba says the consent judgements which the state has been entering into lately with certain individuals are an act of corruption. On Friday, the Lusaka High Court acquitted Zimba and three others on gassing-related charges on grounds that there was no evidence linking them to the offence. In an interview, Tuesday, Zimba said if people who had been released on nolle had...

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