INSPECTOR-GENERAL of Police Stella Libongani yesterday said the noose around the neck of fugitive son of former President Rupiah Banda is tightening following Police’s latest engagement with Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) in addition to already existing co-operation with Interpol.
Ms Libongani revealed this at a press briefing in Lusaka yesterday but she declined to disclose the specific nature of discussions that the Zambia Police Service have had with the regional police.
She dismissed assertions that Interpol have failed to capture Henry.
Ms Libongani said Zambia Police have now engaged SARPCCO to ensure “no stone is left unturned in efforts to bring Henry back home to come and answer fraud allegations levelled against him.
“We have decided to engage South Africa on a bilateral level through SARPCCO to enforce investigations into the matter.
It is not that we have let go of Interpol. We are still working with them.
“This root to engage SARPCCO is meant to intensify our search so that we don’t leave a stone unturned,” she said.
Ms Libongani also said Henry’s photograph has not yet been displayed on the Interpol website because the Zambia Police have not been requested to submit it.
The Attorney-General and Police have issued a red alert for Henry who is wanted for questioning on fraud-related charges, which Minister of Home Affairs Kennedy Sakeni describes as ‘white-collar’ related allegations.
Henry is linked to the Cayman Island-registered company, RP Capital, which according to the Sebastian Zulu-led commission of inquiry put together an ‘unnecessarily complicated’ transaction to sell Zamtel to Libya’s Lap GreenN after allegedly grossly under-valuing it.
Henry is also linked to some East African companies that were given contracts to supply petroleum products to Zambia.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
Getting tired of this story
Oh please get a life,give the guy a break.
why engange interpol and SARRPCCO when you even know where he is. engange the government there?
trash as usual in zambia..instead of talking development, employment creation and other progressive issues always shit flowing out….”fyola” reason i will never come back to zambia…it is surely a rotten country compare zambia to botwsana…cry the beloved country…..
Really?Ok, this story is now getting old. You know where Henry is: South Africa. You can not arrest him yet…you ought to know the reason why by now. How in the HELL do you the “police” have to wait for Interpol’s request to submit Henry’s picture? That is the stupidest excuse you can give.
Enough of this nonsense already!
I take it this government has not received coorperation from the South African government over this matter because it is perceived to be a typical case of political persecution. We shall watch as events unfold. Remember HEMCS fuming at the airport as he said,’wait until we swear in Mutembo Nchito. He knows them and he will sort them out.’ The world is watching the parity between what was promised and what is being deliverd, and the backtracking.
Iyee, chigelo ichi kuwama ! Once kissed, three times mu bondix !
Libongani should have just said a red alert with interpol does not mean an international arrest warrant. It simply means an international notice that a particular person is wanted by a certain country’s security wings and if seen, such security wing must be notified.
I don’t even think much will be done when Henry is finally brought back to Lusaka, if ever! All talk. Even Dora made headlines a few days ago, she spent on night in jail and its gone dead quiet again.
just say you have failed with INTERPOL and now you are triying sadc region to help you.but be reminded that even south african government has said they can not extradite him because there is no charge.i hope you are not under political presure because you may end up embarasing yourself.
THIS LADY IS DUAL. SHE SEEMS NOT TO THINK OF ANY WORK NOW BUT WANNA PROVE TO US ZAMBIANSTHAT SHE IS NOT FIT TO BE IG.
Henry Banda’s version of Bob Marley’s “Bad Card”.
Propaganda spreading over da place;
Say you wanna bring another lie to share.
Oh, man, you just a-playing a game
And then you draw bad cyard (draw bad cyard);
A-make you draw bad cyard (draw bad cyard);
A-make you draw bad cyard.
Kaponya government, stop harassing people…
It is most likely the job interview for the police boss was done in bed with the boss at state house.
can someone find grz something more meaningful to spend their energies on
Pathetic – if you want to question the man, give him a phone call for Christ’s sake. His lawyer has said he is willing to talk. Else, lay charges and try to get him extradited. Otherwise to suggest that any and all Zambians living overseas must come back to Zambia (at their own expense) whenever wanted for “questioning” is nonsense. It just gets more and more dismal to see how incompetent and unaware of international procedures ZP really is.
MMD imported vehicles and other campaign materials without paying taxes, Dora Siliya did this & that, Max mwale blah blah blah, Namulambe – bicycles, George Kunda (Late) – bags of mealie meal, James Banda – Petroleum scam, the gold scam, defence chiefs in court, MMD printed fake money in China, directionless senssLiato interred billions, Henry Banda ….. you all know the story. And the list is endless without forgetting the commissions of inquiry. Oh no! I almost forgot… the BA 64. All these matters in issue are hanging without any visible progression. This Govt is really working. Either we have sensationalists leading us to nowhere or our investigative wings are so incompetent that they they are failing to build solid cases against people percived to have abused there authority.
ZP is highly incompetent n incapacited wth technology. If they fail to fish out petty thieves wthin zambia, hw can they manage to bring a so called an international n diplomatic thief? Disgusted!
henry will only come after change of government
Set up a parliamentary committee to address this issue. Let it go through the evidence available and interview Henry through video conference. Charge him if it becomes evident from the interview and evidence before you. Then formally request for his extradition to Zambia.
Otherwise, stop wasting our time and money.
So they reported to interpol, now they are waiting to be requested to submit a picture.
Either interpol is not bothered or there was serious incompetency when submitting the report in the form of ommitting the picture.
This is a joke…………
Stella,can we bring this chap as part of cargo and be off loaded at Service HQS? Permission to carry on madam???
“This root to engage SARPCCO is meant to intensify our search so that we don’t leave a stone unturned,” she said. Search? Did you say search, Stella? But he is in South Africa and the government there has effectively confirmed it. What are you searching then Stella? Come on Madam, you are a university graduate!
Stella, the South African high commissioner has already told you about the requirements of that country’s constitution in extraditing someone from that country. So spare us the ma rubbish. This govt is embarrassing.
Poor Stella Libongani, she has to cling to a job. When IG Dr Malama responding to RB’s taunts by stating that he respected RB as his father and would not respond, he was fired in no time at all. Here we have the whole IG Stella being commanded in public to go deal with party cadres, yes party cadres, outside the cathedral as if she has no subordinate officers…….Now she has to tell us incomprehensible stories. Please guys, understand her situation, it’s not easy especially if one sees no life after Zambia Police!
Zambia Pandemonium Service…is it not logical to investigate then arrest? You want to jail first then investigate??
Zambia Police’s capacity to investigate is at zero. I remember how the police failed to bring back former intelligece chief xavier chungu.After failing to live in Europe, Chungu came and lodged in Mozambique. Even the way he left the country,though straight forward, our police failed to dig out facts. People close to information say he was aided by a big fish at some institution of learning. Our police failed to know this. What a shame.
wonder how this country’s schools can produce such a dull IG. We have engaged SA through the regional IG’s, sound unreal, even when you have information about what is required for this govt to extradite Henry from SA.
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