Friday, March 29, 2024

UPND apologies to FIFA over the display of Edgar Lungu banner in Nigerian stadium

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The opposition UPND has apologised to FIFA and CAF for what it calls unbecoming and embarrassing behaviour of the PF thugs that displayed partisan political banners inside the Nigerian stadium during Saturday’s match between Nigeria and Zambia.

The UPND National Youth Chairperson Likando Kalaluka said the party is fully aware of the FIFA rules and regulations that strictly prohibits display of political and religious banners during the matches.

“At national level, sporting events such as football have always been uniting factors for all citizens that transcends across political and religious lines,” Kalaluka said.

“It is therefore unimaginable that the PF leadership can sponsor their thuggery behaviour abroad and risk the whole nation being sanctioned by FIFA for breaking straightforward rules.”

He said it is such conduct that sometimes makes citizens not supporting even worthwhile causes when they suspect that one grouping intends to gain political mileage out of it.

“If the PF leadership wants, they can register their own team with FIFA and CAF but must leave the Zambian National soccer team to the Zambian people where everyone will be part of it,” he said.

“On behalf of the Zambian people who love soccer, we once more want to ask for leniency from FIFA for such thuggery behaviour of the PF cadres inside the Nigerian stadium.”

79 COMMENTS

  1. When we tell you that this party has no strategy you think its a joke…why should you apologise did you cadres place the banner? No wonder your MPs are earning K100,000 a month doing nothing and contributing a large chunk of that waste that has been dedicated to administration in the budget.

    • Do you realise that this will bring about fines and maybe sanctions to our national team? Why? Just because someone wanted to get credit in case the team qualified to the world cup. UPND may be playing politics but the issue raised is genuine and serious. That was uncalled for.

    • How does this affect upnd. If zambia won that game what would you have done. You are the ones to blame for politicising traditional ceremonies.

    • I am lost for words, I really don’t know what UPND stands for! Are they not the ones taking politics to football now, even looking for sympathy from Fifa. Someone bless Zambia.

    • @ HH OVAL HEAD– I think UPND is made of individuals who are Zambian citizens and maybe soccer lovers like you(if at all you a soccer fan) and me(a very big soccer fan), and to every Zambian its sad to see our FA fined or even banned at the worst. @ Kabu it may look like UPND is playing politics just as I said earlier on but accept that taht banner by PF cadres has put us in an awkward position with FIFA and CAF. It is certainly not UPND who took that banner into the stadium, unless you tell me that FIFA did not saw it and it was brought to FIFA attention by UPND.

    • Nigeria had a target and purpose in that game, their banners were specific,”Eagles soaring high to Russia ” and pf not Zambia came up with banners” President lungu” fifa had to intervene by disallowing their goal, it was soccer time not chawama rally.

    • Now FIFA will now relies what the banner is about…I am waiting for UPND to apologise to taxpayers for stealing their money through MPs allowances and renovating Parley Motel abd flats!!

    • You have been blogging on LT for 8 years, it’s like no one knows which direction you heading bo jay jay, you neither hot nor cold, you are lukewarm. And you talking about strategy. Have been here for less than 6 six months and everything knows what am up to, you need to be focused dude.

    • We will drop Mweene and remain with no tongas and you can register your Tongas national team with fifa. Your demons have taken you to soccer now you half brained retards. Disgusting!

    • Iwe chi Shooterz wabe lyobe. Mweene is our man. He is a Zambian and he has never involved himself in your stoopid politics. Umwine ateyafye bola ulefwaya ukumutwala mu fimapolitics fyobe. Viva Mweene! Viva Chipolopolo!

    • This chi Unpd tribal party (southern province party) is really irrelevant in Zambia. Even kambwili is far much better than this chi unpd. You are now taking politics to football, use.less grouping

    • @Jay Jay is using argument points from he’s friends at the chibuku tarven. He will get you confused if you follow him.

  2. We’ve gone from violent PF cadreism at home to PF thuggery on foreign soil during a hallowed FIFA match. The U.N must place sanctions on this rogue Lungu regime.

    • This chi Unpd tribal party (southern province party) is really irrelevant in Zambia. Even kambwili is far much better than this chi unpd. You are now taking politics to football, use.less grouping

  3. Lungu is bad luck, with his thieving self. A hypocrite pretending to be godly, once a thief always a thief. Look at the overpriced firetrucks. He needs to repent and turn away from his wicked ways

  4. FIFA Has Already Fined Zambia To Pay $7000 Because The Fans Were Throwing Objects In The Pitch When We Were Playing With Algeria In Lsk.
    And Pf Should Learn From That In Case FAZ Is Suspended Or We Are Fined Again.

  5. These two useless parties PF and UPND, Why doesn’t the registrar of societies deregister them so that we can have peace. Always quarrelling, muli fibantu fya shani kanshi

  6. Imwe Ba Nyama Who Are Saying UPND Is Taking Politics To Football Get This Into Your Heads!!!

    FIFA Does Not Take Statements According To Political Parties. Whatever The Pf Cadres Did In Nigeria Represented The Whole Zambia Regardless Of Political, Religious Or Tribal Affiliations Because The Team That Was Playing Is Called ‘zambia’ And Not Pf.
    There Is Nothing Wrong For UPND To Appologise On Behalf Of Zambians Because Both PF And UPND Are Found In Zambia And They Are Made Up Of Zambian People. The Appology Will Be Treated That It Came From Zambia By Zambian Citizens And Not UPND.

    So Whatever FIFA Will Do Concerning The Issue Will Affect Everyone As Zambians. So Comment Wisely Here, No Politics.

    • But there is no partisan political message on that banner. The argument it is patriotic will win. FIFA doesnt bar patriotic messages

  7. These Stone age P.F sponsored bootlickers lack social etiquette, have no idea what manners are, cannot behave appropriately, always exhibiting their Ghetto ways for all to see.
    We shouldn’t be really surprised as P.F is made up of Brutes, starting from the Drunken clueless thieving Brute in Plot 1.

    • The team is called “Zambia National Football Team” not “Jonathan Chakolwa Pombe 11”, so these dirty Cadres should NOT be placing drunken banners for all to see their ignorance.

  8. @keleni tasa atushe. Kikikikiki…!! You have cracked my ribs Mwana. Ati ” Jonathan chakolwa pombe 11″. No wonder they lost that game.

  9. This UPND keeps shooting themselves in the foot at each and every moment they get. First of all, are you the ruling party to be ‘apologising on behalf of Zambia’? You mean there are no issues to talk about except embarrass us now at FIFA? If at all that banner is against FIFA regulations, it is not UPND to stand for Zambia at FIFA but the government of the day. Why is it so hard for you to stick to your lane, which is a government in waiting and keep the checks and balances against the ruling party coming. Even Kambwili is unsettling government more than you have ever done in more than 10 years in opposition while you remain trying to be the smart ones on non issues!!

  10. Was that banner meant to be stuck at TB Joshua’s synagogue? Oh wait, the PF govt called all prophets fake now can only do such at football matches. That was so embarrassing.

  11. Has FIFA and CAF raised concerns over the same? If yes, then UPND has done well to apologise; if not, then UPND are a circus.

  12. Lets face it that banner was misplaced and nonsensical – it shouldn’t have been allowed by PF leadership. In the same way UPND apology is also misplaced – trying to gain sympathy unnecessarily. Both mwaitaya

  13. Upnd don’t lie who told you that FIFA prohibits the PRAISE of religious ACTS, Don’t tell lies to masses . When you watch football especially in Europe you SEE where it’s written, UTD is our religion (old Stratford, Manchester United) ,when you go to Spain today you will posts for Mariano Rajoy in all Catalonia stadiums and other sporting clubs.Upnd is full of political fans! Research before you expose your self to the point of jealousy:

  14. I am reliably informed that UPND sponsored that gang and booked these guys to go to Nigeria. PF is a well displined party and they know that such acts may have caused Zambia a place at WC if we had won… They did it deliberately… It is not PF, I repeat… The government to investigate this. It is GBM who sponsored that click of supporters…

    Let them dispute it.

  15. Upnd fabricated this story above, check out on FIFA page AND CAF page NO allegations against FAZ at all , they want to turn their stupidity to FIFA and CAF right?

  16. By the way who are they to apologies to FIFA? A disgruntled opposition? Shame on you UPND, you learn to keep within. Does it mean you have run out of ideas how to oppose or contribute to the governance of this country for you to indulge in our national game which unites us?

  17. I thought there are channels of communication in every set up. Which channel did UPND take to register the concern to FIFA/CAF? Can I also petition FIFFA that the referee was wrong in disallowing the Zambian goal? Please advise

  18. I don’t see anything PF in that banner, isn’t President Lungu The President of Zambia? And just how did UP.NDonkeys apologise to FIFA, did they write in tonglish , or did they phone? And does FIFA know them Donkeys anyway? If I am sitting at FIFA offices, I asking myself like “…so who are these donkeys who are apologising? What are they apologising for? Is there anything wrong using one of your national symbols at a soccer match. Why are these donkeys politicising soccer…?”

    Maybe it’s UP.NDonkeys taking their dead “petition” to FIFA, what happened to the ICC?

    Kwena ba Under5 amano naya pela! Nzelu zaba thelathu kamba ka ma politics ya chabe chabe.

  19. Zambia lost the game because it eulogized man and not God. They wanted to use the results of the game to paint others as villains and because of that judgment was executed. It has nothing to do with Ngo’nga. The Chipolopolo were not playing for ECL but the Zambian people. However it was made to appear as a PF affair. Shame on you for bringing a bad omen on the Chipolopolo.

  20. This is where I strongly feel that UPND is very childish in its dealings. Why should they be quick to apologize for an offense caused by another party and which Zambian people are they representing in their apology? Our cadres, both in ruling and opposition parties are capable of doing that without anyone sponsoring them. Even in very developed countries, we have seen soccer fans running in the football pitch completely naked in the middle of the game. Is that what FIFA accepts?. Mature up UPND and behave like the biggest opposition party in the country for once. You are heading nowhere with this kind of hate.

  21. Mwebantu, issue or no issue in what capacity is UPND apologising? Objectivity demands that if this is a case against FIFA regulation, then the wise thing UPND should ve done is to appeal to the GRZ/FAZ to apologies. GRZ represents the nation and neither FDD nor ZRP nor UNIP nor UPND. Again and again I pray that UPND may begin to seeand seize opportunities as they come rather miss them. God bless Zambia.

  22. CAN U SEE ME NEXT TO THE BANNER? FIFA /CAF DIDNT PICK IT UP THEY THOT H.E E.C meant he is excellent and Ending Corners SO they thot it was for a zambian player

  23. Ba UPND you have become so irrelevant thats why even Mr Toilet Kambwili is doing what you are supposed to be doing

  24. Have they run out of ideas or they simply want FIFA that somewhere in untamed Africa there’s a party lead by Hichilema or something like that? Or they wanted HH’s portrait to be displayed. And author you’ve no right to call other people thugs, maybe you’re a thug yourself.

  25. Mwe bantu limo mulebala mwatontonkanya elo mwasosa. Displaying that banner was misplaced especially in a foreign country. It was totally wrong. UPND is also wrong what are they trying to do to apologise on behalf of who? On saturday i said politics should be put aside when zambia face off against nigeria what did i see before the game was shocking that banner. That was a very bad omen people. Next time do some research before doing what you did. Zambia was wining that game but that banner cost us victory. Praising a human being in such a manner is wrong. If we had won that game many cadres were going to praise an individual that was the intention so try not to do that next time.

  26. What is wrong with the banner kanshi? President Lungu is the president of this country and anyone can mention him anywhere. If that banner had PF in it, I’d have paid some attention to you cry babies. Niba Lungu….Niba Lungu ebatwebele uko muleya mwebana bandi mukalete cikombe……..in that song, we normally sing about the head of state. Nothing political here! FIFA must be laughing now if they have read this nonsense from the cry babies

  27. That treason was real. ….the Upnd is running a parallel government. For how else can one speak on behalf of the country if he’s not been delegated by the head of state?

  28. Ba UPND now I can see why it is very difficult for Zambians to trust your poolitical position in the democratic process of this Country. Close observation of the message displayed on the Poster in that Nigerian Stadium there is no evidence, no relationship that the message on the Poster in honour or beenefit of Patriotic Front BUT of the Head of State and hence for the honour the Zambian Republic. The challenge with the UPND mindset is always to deliberately insinuate or hoodwink Zambians into seeing the Republican President with their (UPND) lenses. If the facts were to be told, The Head of State, HE Edagar C. Lungu is my President, is your Presdent in short for every person called Zambian and this includes all UPND members and Hakainde Hichilema himself. Yes there are FIFA Rules and…

  29. ………Yes there are FIFA and Rules and Regulations BUT about that statement there nothing Political because it just the Elected and Republican President. Coming to the statement being Religiously divisive still that argument does not hold any water because both the Christian and Musilsm National when they score, both praise and thank God and Allah respectively and right in the very football grounds.

  30. On behalf of our party we would like to apologies for the uncivilized behavior of traditional leaders from the south who found it in their wisdom to invite an individual to their traditional ceremonies and not grz since they feel it is good for their tribesman to rule…once again we apologize 2021zedforward

  31. UPND is political party and FIFA only recognises sovereign states. I hope this article is not true. If it is then l see madness taking it’s toll in the supreme leader and his colleagues.

  32. This chi Unpd tribal party (southern province party) is really irrelevant in Zambia. Even kambwili is far much better than this chi unpd. You are now taking politics to football, use.less grouping. You will rot in opposition

  33. Was it for the UPND or for FAZ to apologize to FIFA after a case is established?? WHY is UPND THESE DAYS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE REAL ISSUES THAT AFFECT US ON A DAILY BASIS but choose to go to soccer which we have even lost? The UPND MPs are “ndwiii” they are not taking Government task hoping that Kambwili will do it for them!! I FULLY agree with @1JAY JAY, it is like this time around all UPND MPs after release of HH have gone on a “moment of silence” the FIRE TENDER, FERTILIZER SUPPLY, RTSA CONTRACTS and issues, we cant here them, only Kambwili the PF of just yesterday!!

  34. It is strange that a hyena – a re-known ecological predator and scavenger – can tell the World that goats are safer under its custody. How will the peoples of the World explain the puzzle when the goats under UPND care disappear into thin air? HH and its UPND leadership have not exhibited the love for soccer – a national unifying game in Zambia. UPND should STOP exporting FULISH politics to the World. Experts in human rights have a challenge to investigate the motive of UPND’s election-related torture of non-Tonga residents of Namwala. These are real issues that HH is expected to apologise to the World.

  35. That is a little bit embarrassing to me on the part of UPND . The event is an international one, I was of the view that only international figures that heads the nations can be mentioned at this events. At international events when they say Trump its as good as saying America, Kagame its Rwanda, Kim Un its North Korea. they will not say Maimane for South Africa, Its Zuma. Edgar its Zambia. Honestly , its only when they write or say HH on international events will the confusion and loss of identity for Zambia come about. FIFA understands the Zambian head of State. This is the representative of the country called Zambia. Keep local people and local party divisions locally . The platform at that event was for countries or their leaders atleast

  36. It could have been political only if PF banner was displayed.
    What was displayed is the name of the Head Of State nothing political.
    Lets talk about fire tenders
    Be careful Kambwili will over take you just like King Cobra over took you.Don’t forget that you are over twenty years in opposition.

  37. People have been talking about UPND to be objective and bring out real issues that affect every Zambian but all in vain. No direction and totally no strategy. The banner had no name of organization but the name of the Number One Citizen of Zambia and this is not the first time we are seeing this, even during super KK which later even went to nicknaming the national team as KK eleven. Even if UPND were grieved, they were suppose to put it across to FAZ who understand the regulations of FIFA and if possible advise them to write an apology to FIFA if need be. FIFA does not recognise political parties but Football Association and the government of day. UPND likes asking for sanctions to be imposed on Zambians, why, no one knows. Lack of relevance on political arena. Copy from Kambwili and…

  38. It is official ! HaJayJay and his fellow wizards are hurt that the President’s banner was seen from Nigeria? They still do not believe he is the President! Losers! Apologizing to FIFA? My word! Losers! And what did FIFA tell you?

  39. Use less Zambians that’s why you fail to compete with just simple teams like Nigeria lossing nice moments that you should work for and enjoy in the future a country with no determination at all politicking stupidly in public,what was so special of showing lungu’s banner at a game that has nothing to do with lungu?????lungu is a president of Zambia but when the national team performs its duties, its for everyone meaning the people of Zambia not for p,lungu alone rotten heads of those campaign ing for a part at a very wrong time,it shows how confused and disorganised they where in Nigeria that’s why they lost a simple game.failing to realise what took them, there was to win the game and then register for Russia I’m very much disappointed with the behaviour of Zambians .I age FIFA to…

  40. Shame what kind of carders are you people who don’t even reason..no wonder you support namafi..what is wrong is wrong.football is football..no politicts

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