APA-Lusaka (Zambia) Former Zambian First Lady Esther Lungu was on Wednesday arrested on charges of theft of a motor vehicle and other alleged felonies, according to police.
Zambia Police deputy spokesperson Danny Mwale said Lungu was arrested together with James Phiri, 49, Lee Chisulo, 31, Kapambwe Lungu, 42 and Catherine Banda, 30, on three counts of theft of motor vehicles and a count of theft of a certificate of title for a property in Lusaka’s Libala South.
The former First Lady is also being charged separately with possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime.
“All the suspects are currently detained in police custody,” Mwale in a statement.
The opposition Patriotic Front, the party led by Esther Lungu’s husband Edgar Lungu, has condemned the arrests as political witch-hunt targeted at the former First Family.
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