FORMER president Edgar Lungu’s wife, Esther, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Court to stay the execution of its judgement forfeiting her 15 double-storey flats to the state. On September 27, 2024, the High Court ordered that Esther’s flats be forfeited to the state, as they were tainted properties. She then challenged the judgement in the Court of Appeal. In an affidavit in support of her ex parte summons for an order for stay of execution of the judgement pending the determination of her appeal, Esther argued that her appeal had high prospects of success. “I am the duly registered proprietor and applicant herein in relation to the properties No.9334/1; No.9334/2; No.9334/3 and 9334/4, Lusaka. Pursuant to the aforesaid...