THE Toyota Hilux vehicle which the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has seized from Lusaka Diocese Archbishop Alick Banda was gifted to him by former president Edgar Lungu, information has emerged. And DEC says Archbishop Banda forfeited the vehicle to the State after credible evidence showed that it was irregularly acquired. According to sources within the diocese, Archbishop Banda approached Lungu between 2017 and 2020, seeking help for transport for himself and for his parish. The sources said Lungu promised that he would find a way to help, adding that the Archbishop didn’t know where the vehicles would be sourced from. “What happened is that the church needed some vehicles, so apparently he spoke to Lungu who promised that he would...

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