POLICE REJECT HH RAID CLAIM
THE police have insisted they were not aware of any raid by their officers on a family of Shibuyunji and challenged the alleged victims to come forward with evidence.
UPND president, Hakainde Hichilema who claims to have visited the village, insists that the police went there with a search warrant indicating that they were searching for weapons.
But police spokesperson, Esther Katongo said she was not aware of the raid.
“I am not aware of the raid myself. Why can’t you go and interview the same people who are saying they were raided, as far as I am concerned I don’t know about the raid,” she said.
Mr Hichilema recently alleged that PF sent a battalion of heavily armed Police who raided his In-laws homes in search of imaginary weapons. The police dug the maize fields and yards and literally turned the In-laws houses upside down as onlookers watched in shock.
“In all honesty, Mr Edgar Lungu must know that I, Hakainde Hichilema and my wife Mutinta including our In-laws have no weapons besides God. Other than God, the people of Zambia and their voters cards are our weapons,” Mr Hichilema said.
The UPND leader demanded that PF leaves his In-laws out of politics and face UPND head on in terms of how this country can be developed.
“We are aware that the PF is having sleepless nights and wants us to stop being their challenger in the August elec
tions, but they must not push their luck too far.
We call upon all Zambians to remain calm and focused and not be disrupted by such intimidation by the PF as exhibited today,” Mr.Hichilema said.
IMBWILI Investments limited has denied owing Finsbury Investments Limited any funds under the Mortgage and supplementary Mortgages.
It has also stated that it was not aware of its alleged debt being assigned to Finsbury Investments by Finance bank Zambia limited and described the transaction as illegal.
In this matter, Finsbury Investments has sued African Banking Corporation Zambia limited trading as Atlas Mara and Finance Bank Zambia limited in the Lusaka High Court alleging that their false claims that Imbwili Investments Limited does not owe any funds under the Mortgage and supplementary Mortgages are malicious and aimed at causing economic loss to it.
Imbwili Investments has been sued as the third defendant for failing to fully settle the loan in the sum of K33,648,819 (unrebased) outstanding as at July 31,1997 with interest payable at the then current banking rate.
Finsbury Investments claims include an order that Atlas Mara’s failure to safeguard its interests with regard to Imbwili Investments amount to the economic tort(s) of inducing loss by unlawful means for which the plaintiff ( Finsbury) is entitled to damages against
the defendants.
It also wants an order that Imbwili Investments still owes the interest due under judgement cause number 1996/HP/2892 and for the payment of the total sums owing and outstanding from the third defendant to it under the said judgement and the same to be assessed by the registrar of the High court. The plaintiff also wants an order against Atlas mara and Finance bank for damages for breach of contract. And Atlasmara and Finance bank in their combined defence contended that there is no legally binding assignment of the debt owed by Imbwili Investments which exists between Finsbury and them.
They claim that in the case that such a document does exist, the Finance bank will object that such agreement or assignment was illegal and void on the ground of champerty and on grounds of public policy.