CHIPATA businessman Rodgers Jere says police in Petauke broke into his house in search of Emmanuel Jay Banda. Jere, who owns Tsogolani Transport in Chipata, said he was not at home when over 13 police officers forcefully entered his house looking for the Petauke Central Independent member of parliament. In an interview, Sunday, Jere narrated that police even searched his ceiling board on Thursday. “I was not there, I was in Nakonde but what happened was on Thursday between 01 and 02:00 hours, I slept, around 06:00 hours, my daughter called saying ‘call mum they have broken into the house’, [she] was using another phone. After I called, they said the police came almost 13 to 14 [in number], they...

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