FDD President, Edith Nawakwi took herself to Samfya Police Station to be arrested following President Edgar Lungu’s directive to the police to arrest her for allegedly tampering with state property and threatening state house security Officers. On thursday President Lungu instructed the police to arrest Nawakwi who was in Bangweulu campaigning for the FDD Parliamentary Candidate in the just ended by election.
Nawakwi arrived at Samfya Police station around 08:15 in the company of FDD Spokesperson, Antonio Mwanza and some FDD Constituency and District officials. Upon arrival Ms. Nawakwi told the officers at the reception that she had brought herself to the police for her arrest.
She told the police officers that she was aware of President Lungu’s directive to have her arrested and that she did not want to inconvenience the police by making them lose man hours looking for her thus she had decided to turn herself in. At this moment the Samfya Police Officer in Charge Albert Muleka came out of his office and requested Ms. Nawakwi to come through. Ms. Nawakwi and three of her party officials entered the Officer in Charge’s office where they spent about 10 minutes.
And speaking shortly after meeting the police Ms. Nawakwi said she was bewildered and shocked that the President was imagining crimes purported to have been committed by innocent citizens.
“I am actually bewildered and shocked that the President can release a statement on imaginary crimes purported to have been committed by citizens. As a Republican President, he should be the last person to be involved in broadcasting fairytale and fiction especially those bordering on state security.
If in fact there was a breach of security on the movements of ECZ materials the rightful person to complain to the police should have been the chairperson of the Commission and if there is any criminality in terms of instituting criminal procedure the rightful officers are the Police and not one Chagwa Lungu.
Maybe Mr. Lungu, the Minister of Defence who is the leader of PF despite being in State House is not aware of his job description and as such he dreams that he can instruct the police to arrest citizens on fictitious charges. This is the reason we have always said that this President institutes selective prosecution,” she said.
She demanded for an apology from President Lungu.
“I require an apology from the Minister of Defence and leader of PF for coming out so viciously against me and purporting that I intercepted and stopped an ECZ truck on its way to a polling station. The police in Samfya where I am, having taken myself there for possible arrest are equally shocked as to the source of the story because all the ECZ vehicles had a policeman on board when the ballots were being delivered to the polling stations and no officer reported any such case. In fact the entire Police service starting from the IG to the lone officer at the polling station is embarrassed on behalf of their Commander In-Charge- Chief.
It is very clear that the President’s source of information is nothing than those people I’m calling ticks because they are just there for Muzungu ani konde therefore the President must be very very careful. In future we advise him not to continue to act on “I have received intelligence reports” and he does not define the source because he is simply discrediting the office of the Director General of State Security.”
She noted that the behavior by the President should be a concern to all Zambian.
“This kind of behavior by the President causes grave concern to all of us. What will happen if false rumors are given to him that one of our neighboring countries is about to attack us? Wouldn’t this Minister of Defence who is the Commander – in- Chief open the armory of our country and start charging at an imaginary enemy.
Vote buying is what they pride themselves in and everybody including the PF themselves know that they have been buying their way into Parliament so my advice is that if Honourable Edgar Chagwa Lungu doesn’t address his gliding political fortune he will be embarrassed next year. Let him get out of this State House cacoon of malicious misinformation and find out what is truly happening on the ground,” she said.
Gud move FDD. Our defense minister is abusing his powers
Please madam Nawakwi forgive Edgar Lungu for what he is saying and doing. This is because he is just confused for having lamentably failed to run the country. The kwacha has lost value, the prices for most of the food staffs have gone up.
So Edgar Lungu is like running mad no wonder he is busy making empty statements through his goat steling aid Amos Chanda. Amos Chanda likes putting on torne underpantss.
LT you didn’t MMD colors, you only made it darker. Anyway,
The Minister of Defense should be selective to mess with people, he can be playing with HH, not Nawakwi, even though he fantasize of her. Dreaming Nawakwi is sexual harassment.
Who cares
Thanks
BB2014
gud move FDD. How can a defense minister be so careless
Comment:Shame for chagwa to such malicious false statement which are baseless,let him stop this nonsense going on now of vote buying plz voters chew this money and vote fo the oppoation just like in three wards that voted for the opposition, brave decition fellow educated citizens, teach this visionless leader come 2016 he shud roat in jail.
This crazy woman is an attention seeker!!i think loses have gone to her head!!you will rot in opposition bcoz you dont know how to do politics!!IFINTU NI LUNGU COME 2016!!GO PF GO!!
Eddy Eddy Eddy
Wow wow
Anyway it is free speech for everyone, even the *****.
That is my Eddy. All he sees is ‘Ifintu ni Lungu’, even when Lungu has misfired. Where people were shot and hospitalized in Mulobezi, Lungu has said nothing to date and yet there he is acting like the Police as well as ECZ. Well done my Sister, Edith. Keep it up. May be a Lungu will learn!
This stoopid Lungu is too dull (or drunk) to learn.
To learn a person needs to listen and have a brain that works. Lungu does not have either.
Do ministers and presidents have the authority to arrest citizens?
YES Boza so you do not know that the President is a chief Army, Police. ZNS, ZAF and Prison.
Edgar Lungu has ran out of ideas to govern the country. He is almost getting mad. Psychatric doctors needs to examine tis Defence Minister. He is slowly becoming an embicile.
AWE MWE!! BA EDITH LEKENI ICHONGO. FIRST EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CARLINGTON MAIZE DEAL. YOU HAVE NEVER EXPLAINED. YOU SEEM EXCITED EBCAUSE U CAME THIRD IN JANUARY ELECTIONS BUT THOSE WERE ARTIFICAL BECAUSE ALABI AND PF WERE SITTING ON MMD TO STOP THEM
THE REAL DEAL WILL BE IN 2016 WHEN MMD COMES BACK TO FULL STEAM.
Have never seen this madness . Ubukaka bwa bupuba bamo abantu
I think menopause
I think menopause has taken a serious toll on this woman! where is the husband mwebantu to control this rabid dog?
I am sure that I have better things to listen to or read about than this obnoxious woman. In seeking attention, she has turned herself into a virtual nincompoop.
Well done Edith! This aggressive stance in confronting injustices is the only way to wake up from being docile! The president lied and wanted to use state machinery to have you arrested based on the lie just to create fear among the like minded with you. Zambians must remove what we wash from our eyes every morning and open them wider to see through the lies and assess each and every politician individually for what they stand for! The current governing party is comprised of non inspiring individuals failing in good governance for they speak with forked tongues on unity yet fail to encourage collaboration with outsiders holding divergent views! Instead of calling Nawakwi names and throwing insults at her, pick out the concerns she raises and make your points of argument with…
But politics are a dirty game.Ba Edith talks as if shehas never been in any government.Madam ,were we better by then? MMD under the late LM ,yes. That is the man we all miss MHSRIP.
Nawakwi is the IRON LADY. She’s tough, she’s bold and she’s the LADY to bring down the rotten regime of CHAGWA.
Good on you Edith. The defence minister is a failed minister. We need a president in Zambia. We hope 2016 will give us a president and not a defence minister.
This woman is insane.She knows that she is no longer a factor in Zambian politics.galu iwe
Edith is gaining ground she is the one who will pose a real challenge to PF….third will be rainbow followed by the rest FDD will be in power in 2021 watch this space….
The president is their until 2016 . We are irritated with this barking 24/7 . Give us a break Madam u are neither better if anything I can’t waste my vote on you . Don’t be bitter analyse issues without barking .
Madam nawakwi, plz lets give our leaders respect! The president depends on his informers and so he is not to blame for the misinformation on u….! Just tone down your language! Mind u, leaders are chosen by God! I God chose u to be a leader, u will be in statehouse oneday wen Gods time comes…! Plz tone down…!
mama Nawakwi strikes me as a drama queen. In 2015, I wish we could have more women who dispel such a stereotype. If mama Nawakwi can’t contribute positively to the women’s cause, she best just bugger off from the political scene.
The barking by this woman is just too much…..its like she has no respect even for her husband.9000 votes versus 1000 votes in Bangweulu and you still dream to be President in 2016 How ?.Just keep quiet and acknowledge defeat.Imwe bantu tell us more about the Carringhton maize scandal….what really happened ?
Way to go mama Nawikwi
The president giving out arrest orders to the police is symptomic of a broken and abusive system. It’s corruption and abuse of power in itself.
And those of you who are offended by Nawakwi’s reaction to the president overstepping his boundaries are either illiterate or just plain stup!d, you are enabling a corrupt political system by standing by and cheering Lungu as he makes irrational decisions.
Zambia police shouldn’t be getting directives and orders from politicians, they have intelligent men and women who can make better judgement than these power hungry corrupt politicians.
But if the police never saw the alleged fracas take place in Sanfya or Bangweulu where did EL get the information from? Is he going nuts? Someone explain please.
Comment: About two decades ago, I became a victim of Intelligence misinformation. Some of these informers are just downright liars, without regard to the reputations of their victims.
insala ikali bane . sebana wikute
Ba Nawakwi nabo kwati tabekala mu glass house I yo bap angle Ilyo baibile impiya mu MMD
Good for her and a great example especially to women in the sense that one should fight for what they believe in. Intimidation should not be accepted in our society. She does not need her husband to go with her and can put up a good fight as we can see. It is 2015 and women are very capable of doing things men can. This is a lesson to all that we can not simply cower to someone’s threats. We all need to stand up for what we believe in and our legal rights. Regardless of her motives this lioness has proved not to be messed with!
Edith is irritating she insults men unnecessarily she needs alangizi. She is actually busy De campaigning herself.zambian s are seeing nothing wrong with lungu n are sympathetic towards him because of unnecessary and uncalled for attacks against our handsome beloved president. Aya sana na mayo uyu
U admire lungu may be bcose u don’t hav a brain in your head or u ar also one of the ticks dependant on him. This failed govt can only be supported by illeterate *****s. The dollar skyrockets every moment to out dsadvantage and yet our president focuses on baseles petty issues.
Leave Edith alone!!!!! this is the kind of opposition we need. PF has terribly failed us and we need change of government come 2016.Madam Edith we are behind you lets stop this stupidity.