MILES Sampa has sued social media blogger Mwewa Chitambala in the High Court, seeking K100 million in damages for defamation over accusations that he sold the PF faction to Edgar Lungu. Sampa is also seeking an injunction to restrain Mwewa from issuing further defamatory statements about him. In a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court Principal Registry, Sampa stated that on October 17, 2024, Mwewa published defamatory remarks against him to the effect that he was a crook. “On October 17, 2024, without any justification or cause, the defendant (Chitambala Mwewa) did maliciously publish on his Facebook page ‘Simon Mwewa Lane Television’, a statement in which he mentioned the plaintiff (Miles Sampa) by name and accused him...

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