LAWYERS representing Brian Mundubile and Makebi Zulu have withdrawn from their sedition case after telling the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that they had not received sufficient instructions from their clients to proceed with plea. The lawyers asked to be excused from the proceedings, arguing that it would not be right for them to continue representing the accused without adequate instructions. This followed an objection by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Gilbert Phiri to the defence’s application to adjourn the matter on grounds that Mundubile and Zulu were not ready to take plea. Magistrate Webster Milumbe granted the lawyers permission to withdraw and later adjourned the matter to November 24, 2026, for possible plea after Zulu raised preliminary issues concerning the charges....

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