THE Lusaka High Court has dismissed a petition by seven PF presidential aspirants who had dragged Miles Sampa to court seeking a declaration that the holding of a convention on October 24, 2023 was illegal. In this matter, Mutotwe Kafwaya, Emmanuel Mwamba, Godfrey Bwalya Mwamba, Chishimba Kambwili, Greyford Monde, Chitalu Chilufya and Brian Mundubile were seeking a declaration that the election of Sampa as PF president was null and void ab initio for breach of the party’s electoral regulations. They were also seeking an order quashing Sampa’s election as party president and the appointment of Ng’ona as party secretary general and a permanent injunction restraining the two from holding themselves out as party president and secretary general, respectively. The seven...