2 Chilima aides released on bail: Valera, Unyolo arrested for ‘acting suspiciously’
Deputy Minister of Homeland Security Charles Mchacha and Director of National intelligence Bureau Elvis Thodi are the ones behind the arrest of Vice President Saulos Chilima’s two personal assistants on Sunday for “acting suspiciously” at Chiwanja Cha Ayao launch in Balaka graced by President Peter Mutharika.
Police sources confided in Nyasa Times that the two issued instructions to have Joshua Valera and Kushi Unyolo arrested when they went to deliver a gift from their boss at the cultural function.
” We just received instructions that we should arrest the two because it was an intelligence issue.Maybe that is why we failed to properly charge them,” he said.
Malawi Police Services spokeaman James Kadadzera said the two were arrested because they were “wandering about” at the Chiwanja Cha Ayo function “and they did not even occupy any seat.”
He said the two Chilima aides were acting “very suspiciously” which attracted security attention.
“When they were approached, they ran away so police followed them until they apprehended them.”
Chilima who was attending a funeral in Balaka on Sunday stormed the police station upon hearing the arrest of his aides and demanded answers on what he called arbitrary arrests.
He left the police station at nearly 7PM amid cheering from UTM supporters who gathered at the station . The UTM supporters kept singing anti-government songs.
UTM has since described the arrest as politically motivated.
The spokesman for UTM party Joseph Chidanti Malunga said in a statement that Valera and Unyolo were detained at Balaka Police Station “without lawful justification.”
Reads the statement in part: “We would like to remind the Police that this Country is governed by laws and any unlawful arrest can not be tolarated.”
Chidati Malunga said they are concerned that as the country is fast-approaching the May 21 Tripartite elections, the police are being used “to persecute those in the opposition.”
Said Malunga: “ Police should desist from being used by politicians as this is contrary to their code of conduct and the statute regulating police conduct.
“In 1993 Malawians voted for a change so that they can do away with Police brutality. Such careless acts and conduct can easily lead to chaos and unrest endangering our hard won democracy peace and tranquility.”
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Reminds me of Sonny’s letta. by muta where sonny was arrested for looking sus (suspicious)
Mbava zachabechabe izi zisiyeni. All they wanted iwowo was to confuse Chilima coz akuwapweteka kwambiri akaba akuwayanika poyera. Tangoganizani ina yatulukaso pompano ya 54 billion and OPC is the main culprit. Eish!!!
Do we have two Penal Codes in Malawi? The Malawi Penal Code and the DPP Penal Code? ……….which one are we following?
Can somebody be sued for false imprisonment please! Now Mr Malseche this is what we call reall foolishness okay!
I didn’t know that in Malawi we have many bone heads.
Koma iwowa amathawa chani?
Samathawa ndizabodza. What do you expect the Police to say
Chilima’s mum is Nee Valera. One of the guys implicated the lost but found laptop at MEC was Valera. Pakuyenda bwanji pamenapa.
Implicated by who nanunso?
sumadzitsata iwe big man
Nanga tidzitsata mabodza a DPP? DPP propaganda is so weak to the point of being embarrassing. Primary school kids could come up with the same nonsense. Imagine a whole police force arresting people for walking around at a public function, and now you will end up spending millions of taxpayers money ferrying, feeding, and accommodating lawyers and policemen all over the place trying to waste the courts time over this stupidity.
This is what MCP used to do. DPP is using the same old fear mongering tactics which MCP used to silent anyone with opposing views…… Dausi knows
Is ” acting suspiciously ” a crime warranting arrest???????? Ayamba kale kujunjenjemera.
So the whole police spokesperson can tell me that out of all the people who attended to this function yesterday, only these 2 guys had no seat! U mean the rest were seated? What’s the qualification of becoming ba Police SP?
are you not aware of these nusty guys,amathawa chani if they were innocent,let me ask you?
Ukunama pumbwa iwe, no one was running from anything. Even the event organizers have said on radio that they are surprised with the arrests as they received the 2 UTM representatives and saw nothing suspicious at the event. Apa pokha mulipila ndalama.
Pajatu oyipa athawa yekha. So if they were not wrong, why were they running away?