THE Patriotic Front is bragging that they threatened the police into releasing the former first lady Esther Lungu from detention after they mobilised supporters to besiege Ibex Police Station where she was being held on charges of theft. Addressing the supporters after madam Esther Lungu was released on police bond, PF vice-president Given Lubinda claimed that police had been instructed to ensure that Mrs Lungu spends the night in police cells, but they grey cold feet after seeing the multitude of cadres. “They received instructions that our mother Esther Lungu should sleep in cells the whole night. But now that they have seen your determination to sleep here, they have gotten afraid. So you must know that you have instilled...

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