Malawi signs for Bushiris’ extradition

There is trouble in paradise for Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary now the papers for their extradition to South Africa to stand trial have been signed by the Malawian minister of homeland security.

The Bushiris fled to Malawi after the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court granted them bail of R200 000 each on 4 November. They left a few days later.

On their arrival in Malawi, Bushiri said he fled because he feared he would not have a fair trial in South Africa.

Yesterday, News24 reported that Malawi’s Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda had signed the extradition papers for the Bushiris.

Malawi’s Minister for Information Gospel Kazako confirmed yesterday the papers were expected to be handed in to the court on Monday. Kazako said the attorney-general would take the signed documents to the court for a ruling on the issuing warrants of arrest. However, he said the decision lay with the court.

South Africa submitted a formal extradition request to bring the Bushiris back to stand trial to the Malawian government on 4 December. Bushiri, his wife and three others were arrested in October and charged with fraud, theft and money laundering involving more than R100 million.

Yesterday afternoon, Bushiri shared a photo of himself on Facebook after the news of the possibly pending extradition broke. “God hasn’t forgotten about you, what He has promised you will surely come to pass,” he captioned the photo.

Bushiri recently posted on his page that they were praying for a miracle for the New Year’s crossover service, despite a stadium rejecting the application to host the event.

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