Third Force

A THIRD force of pure malevolence exists in our country.

The recent killings of a public prosecutor and UPND cadre bear all the hallmarks of expertly executed assassinations, intended to play out in the political fray.

The narrative that the two were killed in the course of police crowd control is not only false but deliberately misleading.

There is zero probability that the shots that killed the two were random. They were clearly targeted by a practiced hand to inflict fatality. They were not about crowd control. Where Police use live ammunition to control crowd, injuries and fatalities are high.

In this case there was no injury or fatality in the main arena of police operation namely the high court round about. The two were shot elsewhere.

It could very well be that a Police officer pulled the trigger, that killed the two but it was not for the purpose of crowd control, it was for the purposes of heightening political tension and bringing the Police Service into disrepute.

We have been on the ground undertaking our own investigation. We have spoken to people near the restaurant where the prosecutor was shot and others around the area, they all confirm that apart from heightened anxiety, the area did not have significant police activity.

It is for this reason that Nsama could have gained a sense of safety, to walk from his office to the nearby restaurant, with the clear knowledge that arena of police operations, was hundreds of meters away, He was shot as he entered the restaurant.

Clearly Nsama is a man of interest, exposing the nefarious façade for the killing. He was not participating in any political activity, neither was he anywhere near the Police operation which was centred at the High Court round about where cadres were being deposited by buses.

In South Africa the “third force“was made up of security and ex-security force operatives, engaged in fomenting violence including random and target killings. They had the training and ability to use the same weapons that their colleagues in service were using.

That we have the third force was first manifested by countrywide arson attacks, starting with the destruction of city market, followed by similar attacks, which included our offices.

Sadly, the Police failed to explain simple chemistry regarding properties of potassium permanganate which if combined with glycerin could result in a conflagration, therefore a number of people found with the chemicals walked virtually scot free.

If the Police had persisted in following up the source of the chemicals, perhaps the shadowy world of the third force would have been exposed. Following the arsons, there followed the spate of notorious gassing phenomenon which resulted in general hysteria, loss of life and tremendous instability in the country.

This is precisely what was intended.

Time has come for Zambians to analyze issues beyond the face value presented by events. This disparate and often seeming uncoordinated m events are par of propaganda, intended for political purposes, and in this particular case to intimidate police against taking action against miscreant politicians.