DEPUTY Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale says the state cannot give former president Edgar Lungu 20 security officers if he is only entitled to three. According to a directive seen by News Diggers dated May 10, 2023, and signed by senior Superintendent D Hamwanja, the police command directed the immediate withdrawal of all officers attached to Lungu’s residence. But speaking when he featured on Hot FM’s Hot Breakfast, Thursday, Mwale clarified that only the excess state security officers had been withdrawn from Lungu’s residence. “We issued that statement to say that the former head of state still has state security. We saw a police message circulating on various social media platforms indicating that all police officers who were attached...

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