SOCIALIST Party Deputy General Secretary in charge of politics Antonio Mwanza has described the arrest of the opposition party’s national youth secretary Gabriel Banda as total nonsense, arguing that it’s impossible to trespass at a public university. Yesterday, police arrested Banda for allegedly instigating riots and looting at the University of Zambia. In a statement, Thursday, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said Banda was in custody and he would soon appear in court for the offences of proposing violence and criminal trespass. “Police in Lusaka have arrested and charged Gabriel Elias Banda, aged 33 of Kalingalinga compound for the two offences of Proposing violence Contrary to Section 91 and Criminal Trespass Contrary to Section 306(a)(b) of the Penal Code Act Chapter...

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