LUSAKA Province UPND chairman Obvious Mwaliteta and Kafue businessman James Sichomba have sued the Attorney General demanding damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution on charges of possession of offensive weapons. The duo is also demanding special damages for expenses incurred in the sum of K300,000. In a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court, the two stated that they were on March 27, 2019, arrested by the Police on two charges of possession of offensive weapons. “The defendant is liable for the malicious acts of Zambia Police officers whose identities, save where mentioned, are unknown to the plaintiffs, among others Mr Nelson Phiri (former commissioner for Lusaka) and Mr Jason Lungu, the officer in charge at Kafue...

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