Dr Tasila alleged killer breaks down

A ZAMBIA Army Soldier who is alleged to have murdered his lover, Dr Tasila Tembo between October 24, 2020 and October 26, 2020 broke down in court yesterday as he narrated how he loved his girlfriend and had no intention to harm her.

Nigel Mwaba, who was Dr Tembo’s lover told Lusaka High Court Judge Wilfred Muma, that Dr Tembo was a very generous and caring person.

Previously, after all the prosecution witnesses gave their testimonies, the court found Mwaba with a case to answer and placed him on his defense.

In his defense, Mwaba narrated to the court with tears in his eyes that he never intended to harm Dr Tembo as he loved her so much.

Judge Muma had to stand down the matter for ten minutes after Mwaba began to cry in the middle of his testimony as he was narrating the ordeal.

In this matter, Mwaba, then aged 33, is alleged to have murdered his girlfriend, Dr Tembo,47, a former Ministry of Health deputy spokesperson, between October 25 and 26,2020,after a dispute.

Mwaba however denied killing Dr Tembo, saying he only slapped her after an intense argument they had about her infidelity and the nude pictures and videos he saw in her phone sending to another man.

He told the court he met Dr Tasila between October and November of 2017 during the cause of his duties at the time he was in employment for the Zambia army.

“I met Dr Tasila in Mtendere at the time there was cholera epidemic in most parts of Lusaka, we were deployed to headquarters facilities, and mine was in Mtendere in Kaunda market. Being a public health specialist she was deployed in a similar role as of a civilian. We got alone quiet well and within the same year, we started dating we would exchange visits, she would visit me in Mikango barracks and I would visit her at her home in Meanwood ibex Lusaka,” he said.

Mwaba narrated that about three to four months of dating, they discussed a number of business ventures and concluded they start a business called forever living products.