Mandevu aspiring candidate sponsoring confusion - Councillor
INFORMATION has emerged that a named Patriotic Front Parliamentary aspiring candidate in Mandevu constituency has hired some Congolese youths in the area believed to be UPND sympathisers to destabilise the ruling party in an effort to discredit the incumbent.
The unruly youths have been wreaking havoc in the constituency, disturbing party events and frustrating PF officials and their efforts in every way possible in the name of being a pressure group under the ruling party.
One of the officials who suffered humiliation at the hands of the same youths, Teddy Mwaba, the councillor for Justin Kabwe Ward in Mandevu called for immediate police action on the unruly youths.
Mr Mwaba said the youths were being sponsored by a known party official positioning self to take over from the incumbent MP, Jean Kapata.
He explained that he was recently blocked from laying wreaths and giving a short speech at the burial of one of the community members by the same gang which showered him with unprintables.
“They got the wreaths from me and tore them into pieces in full view of all mourners then insulted me publicly. We are privy to information that the boys are being sponsored by one of the aspiring candidates and have been spotted together on several occasions,” Mr Mwaba told the Daily Nation.
Mr Mwaba said the group, mostly composed of Congolese nationals had always been known in the constituency as being part of the UPND security team but wondered how they were posing as PF members.
He said the group had labelled itself a pressure group but was always coming up with propaganda against Ms Kapata.
And Mr Mwaba appealed to the party leadership to curtail the insatiable appetite for power that was being witnessed in some aspiring candidates.
He said the party had become more divided because some aspiring candidates were not respecting incumbent MPs.