Chisale, 11 other cops charged of Lule’s murder: Magistrate Viva commits suspects to High Court for trial
Commissioner of Police Evelyn Chisale, who was responsible for the Central Region, with 11 other police officers have been formally charged with an offence of murder in connection with the death of Buleya Lule, a suspected abductee of a person with albinism.
The 12 were arrested last Friday after Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale directed that all officers implicated in the death of Lule be prosecuted.
Lule, 44, died in police custody in Lilongwe and was a suspect in the abduction and killing of a 14-year-old boy with albinism in Dedza.
The suspects were brought to court on Monday morning where they were formally charged before Lilongwe Principal Resident Magistrate Viva Nyimba.
Magistrate Nyimba said his court has no jurisdiction for murder trials and committed the suspects to High Court for trial.
Nyimba has since thrown out an application by Enock Chibwana, lawyer for Chisale that his client and other 12 accused police officers should not be remanded in custody at Maula Prison.
The lawyer wanted the accused person to be remanded at the police station for fear that prisoners might seek retribution against them.
Chibwana applied to the court that the accused police officers should be remanded in police cell fearing that prisoners might take revenge against them.
But Nyimba concurred with chief state advocate Jean Piriminta that there was no legal basis for the accused officers to continue being kept at a police station.
Priminta argued that prison authorities have the mandate to segregate inmates upon noticing that the ones taken there are at risk of being mistreated by fellow inmates.
This means that all the suspects will be remanded in custody at Maula prison pending a full hearing of the case in the High Court.
Chisale is wife to personal bodyguard to immediate former president Peter Mutharika when he was in power.
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) investigation detailed an account of how the deceased was taken from one police station to another by different police officers.
The report states that Lule died when Police Inspector Gama and other unnamed four mobile police officers took him back from the court to Lilongwe Police Station.
But before Gama was assigned to take him to the station, a police officer only identified as Kampira took him to court where he was seen walking with difficulties.
The report acknowledged earlier informal information that he was helped to board the vehicle by fellow accused persons.
It reads in part: “On arrival at the station, the victim was motionless. He was taken out of the vehicle on a stretcher and put at the custody bay. His eyes were closed throughout the time.”
According to the report, that was the time when Detective Sub-Inspector Bosco Matete, Sergeant Tambala and Constable Mathambo took him to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) where he was certified dead.
Before he was brought to court, Detective Inspector Chavinda and Inspector Chiwambo took the suspect to Chisale and other police officers.
Others who took part in the arrest are Sub-Inspector Ikram Malata, while Detective Superintendent Chipole coordinated the interrogations at Chitsime Police Unit, but he left to attend to other issues, leaving Malata and others to finish interrogations.
Ombudsman Martha Chizuma, a commissioner of MHRC, said it is undeniable fact that the victim was tortured in police custody, as such police violated Section 19 (3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi which guarantees that no person shall be subjected to torture.
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The focus on Lule’s death is good to deter police torture whilst suspects are in their remand custody. My question is: who is continuing with investigations to the death of the alubino person after Lule the suspect died in custody? No one seems to talk about it as the focus is now shifted. Is Lule’s death more critical than that of the alubino?
The investigations were completed and Ntaba had been sitting on the report as he was tasked to lead the presidential task force. Once the Chisale’s and team are dealt with the report will drive the agenda
Killing a person in custody is bringing shame to the regime of that time it is bad citizens feel protected when ever they are under Police custody threats of death like that.
Akakuwone kundende akapezeka wolakwira, makhoti athu simaseweratu.
Please also look into Njaunju and Chasow
Shame on you murderers, you should rot in jail!
Viva Nyimba !!
Viva Malawi !!
Viva democracy !!
Good reasoning our judge.
This shud serve as a lesson to all who when in power feel they’re untouchables.
The present govt shud borrow a leaf from this case
Dpp in particular shud kno that zintchito zawo zikuwatsata.
Mu ulamuliro wawo anafikapo
No body cud give them advice paja akulu anati , he , who , laughs last , laughs longest
Lero ndi iziiii !!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You will be very ashamed that not all the 12 suspects committed this murder. How can the whole commissioner be implicated in this murder. Is questioning a suspect in five minutes time an offence? What about the one who was sent to pick the suspect at police custody so that commissioner Chisale should see him. Is it an offence to be sent. Why is the one who was sent implicated also? What about someone who acted as a witness when the real suspects where recorded their statements? Is it an offence to be a witness when a suspect is being recorded statements? A Malawi muzazindikila pa tsogolo ndithu.
You seem ignorant on how it works in cases like these. The first step is looking at who participated in the story .The courts will be able to isolate one by one according to their statements. Others had authority to authorize torture while some acted on it, both are wrong but at different gravity. Ndiye musiye kumaganiza ngati bakha
Excuse me u must be the dumbustest northern creature ever created u’ve just missed the whole point ure in a dream still can’t believe that this is new malawi let the law take its course and your cadet mind trail behind, geek
Pepani kwambiri. May Buleya soul rest in peace.
How did she rose to the post of Commissioner?
Awonetseni Nyekhwe mayiwo
Who was buleya lule? Was he a person with albinism? No. He was himself one of those who were suspected to be involved but since he passed away what has been the rate of such criminal activities? And how many people have died in police custody before this buleya lule. This issue is being pursued for political gain which I believe is wrong motive.
you are surely a fool
Let justice prevail. No life is cheap and no Malawian deserves to die in Police custody!! For those who think arresting these suspects is wrong…how would you feel if one of these Police suspects suddenly died in custody with torture evidence all over his body?
zayambika tsopano, ndipo chilungamo chiyende ngati madzi
Time of reckoning
Go ahead we need to see justice but this must not be selected should be all the crimes should be carried out accordingly
How stupid were these police officers. You murder somebody involved in a public trial in your cells and think you can get away with it? Did they think the useless DPP government would would be in power and protect them forever?
Let me tell the police who were using their uniforms to commit crime, intimidate citizens, steal people’s land in the villages etc…. Your time is up, all the people you were cheating should now take you to court. You should rot there.
NEXT IS CHISALE THE HUSBAND. HE JUST GOT SO FILTHY OVERNIGHT INCLUDING NJAUNJU’S DEATH.
HE IS DRIVING A WHITE POSH CAR WRITTEN “C 1” meaning CHISALE 1. We need the car back. Thats our money.
Big UP. Everyone who misused power during dpp’s era should be brought to book. We need back our money which is in Rose Mbirizi’s account MK15.000.000.000,00
Take her amazing Houses built from Taxpayers money.
What goes around comes around. More arrests coming and it will be “reunion in the cell” for some rich and famous family. Nyekhwe
Kwa amene munaona mmene amai Chisale ndi anzawo mmene anamuvulazira ndi kumuphera Buleya Lule you cannot forgive these witches. Please amalamulo deal with them with a hard heart. Or else naonso aphedwe.
a lawyer khalani pasi. lamulo musankhe kuti apite uku not uko?
Lule analibe support.
khaani pasi
MAKAPE AWA MPAKA AKABIBILA KU MAULA…AGALUNI MUNATIKWANA
Tapezaninso anapha officer Imedi kwa nsundwe
Ndiye kagulu Ka anthu kotchedwa Pade muziti MCP ikutsata anthu amene ali a ndale, are these politicians? If yes, which Party are they represent? Since we are talking of new leadership, does it mean they were for DPP right? Take them to Maula, enawo amakhalako bwanji? How special are these heartless people? Mtaba must be called to clear his name! Maula was not made for prisoners but those who will break laws so that you will be prisoners! Good job Judicial!
Nkhani iyi siyokambilana,awa life in prisonment with hard labor nkhani yatha,then government pays Lules
Nyekgwe kwa nyenkhwe
Misuse of courts.
Let this be a lesson. Osamapanga zinthu mwaganiza….. Mawa limadzafika….
Though I don’t support either side of the coin, I am happy that at last, Police have been taken to task over abuse to suspects in their custody, its a good lesson to many. Well done Bulldozer, Richard Chimwendo Banda. Dausi was sleeping on the job.