AN Immigration Officer has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how a Mozambican national confessed to being hired by former Petauke MP Emmanuel Jay Banda to harm President Hakainde Hichilema through sorcery and black magic at an agreed amount of K43,200,000. George Mwale, 27, has also narrated how he, together with other Immigration and Zambia Police officers, found charms, among them a live chameleon which had been stored in a bottle where the accused had been residing. Meanwhile, Mwale said Leonard Phiri, one of the accused in the matter, was certified as a traditional doctor by the “Spirit of Zion”. This is in a matter in which a Mozambican traditional doctor, Jasten Mabulesse Candunde and a Zambian from Sinda District,...
