Malawi Police arrest Bullets top fans over violence, released on bail

April 1, 2015 Mphatso Nkhoma -Nyasa Times 100 Comments

Police in Blantyre on Tuesday Bullets supporters chairman Stone Mwamadi and his secretary Mabvuto Chibambo and former chairman of supporters Isaac Jomo Osman after fans reportedly invaded the club’s office twice Monday and broke windows before forcing their way in and grabbed some office equipment, trophies and unspecified foreign currency.

Osman Jomo: On bail
Osman Jomo: On bail

Police also arrested Billy One, Bruno Gama and Charlie Kayinga .

Bullets players led by their captains Fisher Kondowe and Piliran Zonda stormed the Blantyre Police station to seek the release on bail for the supporters, saying their actions were in good faith to help the club.

The players told the police to release the six and arrest them if they have any issues , accusing club chairperson Kondi Msungama, who has been forced to resign, of being a bad administrator.

Apart from the players, Bullets Trustees Guston Mwenelupembe and general secretary for trustees, Jim Kalua and a group of angry Bullets supporters stormed Blantyre Police station demanding the release of
the arrested supporters.

Tension were high as team manager Billy Tewesa also joined the calls for the release of the officials at the police and the cops conceded to free them.

Speaking to Nyasa Times soon after their release, Mwamadi said they can’t be intimidated with arrests which he claimed was motivated by Msungama.

“Players have not been paid for two months now and the club was operating on katapila which was just not right,” Mwamadi lamented.

Msungama has since said he “regrettably accepted the call to resign” and that he wishes the team well.

The turmoil in the People’s Team is affecting the preparations for Sunday’s CAF Champions League first round second-leg tie against Sudanese outfit Al Hilal.

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100 replies on “Malawi Police arrest Bullets top fans over violence, released on bail”

  7. If BB supporters had not acted all this time, why could they not wait until the return game against Al Hilal this coming weekend?

  9. To say fact, actions taken would have wait for better time after the sunday game. May be you would have barred them from handling cash until the game is over on sunday. This for sure is going to affect players sychologically in one way or another. THERE WAS LACK OF TIMING, BUT ALL THE SAME AS BANKER FAN I WISH U GOODLUCK ON SUNDAY.

  10. Mwatokota mokwana makosana! Tsopano imvani izi:
    1. Msungama anakhalapo kale pa udindo ndipo ndi mmene ndikukudziwirani ma sapota a bullets, msungama adzakhalanso pa udindo umemewu
    Kupepela inu! You believe in recycled administrators!

    2. Nde akuti ku polisi ko kumathamangira achina Tewesa ndi achina Mwenelupembe. Amenewa anakhalapo kale mu maudindido ku bullets ko ndipo munawachotsapo. Lero akukhomelera anzawo kuti abwelerepo iwowo nawo akapitirize kuba pamene anasiyira! Munthu wa pa ntchito yofunikira ngati Mwenelupembe zowona akathawe mu ofesi kuthangira masanje ngati amenewa?

    2. Onsewa ndi akuba, akathyali ndinso agogodi. Anthiwa amagwiritsa ma sapota ndi ma player opepela kuti azilowa mu maudindo nkumakaba. Nde inuyo nkumawombera mmanja afitiwa!

    3. Musiye khalidwe lanu la uchitsiru ndi uchigawengawu. Muzikula anapiye inu!! Mxiiiiiiii

  11. Chitsilu akufuna kunamizila anthu kut aba ataba iyeyu….chair asunga bwanji ndramaa mu office,,,,,a bank osewa and treasure watan….naeni wakubayu

  19. Kondi ndi fote azafa imfa yowawa sangama’bele mphawi mnzawo…………God deal with them pliz

  23. Kondi Bullets ikanatha kupanda the supporters bailing out the team. Mbava kondi osachita manyanzi koma uli ndi banja ndi ana iwe akanakutsutsa zopusa zomwe wakhala ukuchita ku Bullets. Nawe Forty anthu akuba ngati awa akupusitsa unali wabwino-bwinotu iwe

  25. Mumuuze Msungamayo asayerekeze kupita ku Kamuzu Stadium tithana naye pamozi ndi mzakeyo. Msungama, wajaira kwambiri, nthawi yakwana uwona zimene anaona mwana wa pa Polytechnic. Timu izivutika chifukwa chaiwe. Tinali ndi amuna a Lipipa koma iweyo unampangira madameji, ukuyesa kuti sitiziwaa eti?

  27. Kodi Chairman amasunga ndalama? alibe wa accounts kapena treasurer waba chair apatu yowelukila

  30. sour grapes how can msungama keep dollars in Bullets office? Asatipusitse he think people are brutes? he is a businessman sangachite zimenezo. ku office kuli sefa?

  35. why wasting time supporting such a team?
    why should somebody condone office ramsacking calling it “a good cause?”
    i think, players and some officials are behind the theft and vandalism?
    i will shocked to hear that the police dropped the case when facts are clear here!
    why that?

  39. A bullets ndi anthu oipa ndipo sangapeze ma sponsers. Munthu anabvomera bwino bwino kuti achoka mu office malinga ndi m’mene anthu afunira. Chopitira ku office yawo ndi kukaphwanya chifuka chake ndi chiyani? uchigawengawo ndiye umenewo. Mpake kuti anthuwa ndi amene anyambitsa zipolowe ku mastand pa launch ya Be Forward.

  40. When people call Bullets the people’s team, does this imply that the other teams belong to goats, cats and dogs?

  41. Bullets is a potential business but these thieves are destroying our team.
    If only 1999 supporters with passion like me can contribute K100,000.00 each we can take over this company. Employ staff at the secretariat Manager and Accountant and run it as a profit making organization.
    But first constitution must change to accommodate this and define the roles of supporters and Trustees.
    2000×100,000.00= 200,000,000.00

  42. A team full of ruffians. Do you really think a sponsor would be willing to associate themselves with such barbaric behaviour? No wonder this team has remained an orphan since the days of Muluzi. You cant be breaking the law and then break the law again to break the law. Wabwino ndanino?

  43. Msungama police service MPS.Good riddance before the start of the new season.Why did you hired another tactician when the current had arleady grabbed carlsberg cup with only 4 games to go before clinching the super league?conflicting statements when it comes to issues of money,where is the 25 million given by Abiti JB,prize moneys from cup and league,gate collections,supporter mapeto, if players are being wrestled away from BB for non payement?how dare you I mean you msungamangawa authorize the whole 9 million to be withdrawn leaving only 6 pin NBS for supporter mapeto amidst player non payment and katapila.Msungama and cronies must be investigated,audited and prosecuted.Fellow supporters lets not bypass payment systems at stadia and also gateharvesting. STAUNCH BULLETS SUPPORTER I SIGNOUT!

  49. “Police in Blantyre on Tuesday Bullets supporters chairman”, reads the first stanza. Please go through the article before posting it for public consumption.

  50. Kodi ku Cell kunali kodzadza, osawatsekera onsewo bwanji ngati amafunamo mu cell mo, Koma POLICE yathu yaguluka mano mpaka kugonjera anthu, kusonyeza kuti anthuwo sanabe katundu amanenedwayo koma anagotenga wawo sichoncho kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

  51. Kodi pamenepa akulondola ndindani? masapota kapena kondi nsungama ,season, ikuzayi zitha osatiyendera ,chonde konzani zinthu nsanga .

  54. As a supporter of bullets I would like to express my disappointment the way things are being handled. I am well aware of the problems that the club is facing in terms of administration but that is not the way we can sort them out.You do not take a pregnant woman to answer a case in our tradition.You know we have a crucial game in few days to come why then should we behave like that.Are you aware that the players and supporters are demoralised and our perfomance during the game will be affected.Why are you creating another problem by breaking offices.Who will pay for the damages.Now after your fracas how many of you have sent SMS to BB 2015 because you are just making noise but you not not support the team financially.Why are most of you involved in barbaric acts instead of going out to look for employment.Can you make me believe that most of bullets supporters are savages except myself.Inu ndi zitsilu zopangitsa manyazi.

  57. Team of criminals, the best thing is to disband this team. You cant take savages who can not even articulate or understand Income and expenditure to run the club, the best thing is to disband this team transfer the players to other clubs. I am feeling very sorry for Fischer Kondowe he is always one the bad side of issues can this player be rehabilitated? I doubt. We should not allow this club to humiliate the country by its bad behaviour.

  59. WE KNEW THAT CHIBAMBO AND HIS CREW GONNA DEFEAT MSUNGAMA . NDI ANA OLIMBA MTIMA AMENEWO.

    DZIKO LA MALAWI KUNGOKHALA NDI ANTHU 30 NGATI MAVUTO CHIBAMBO CHILUNGAMO CHIKHONZA KUKHALA PONSEPONSE.

    MSUNGAMA WANYA UYOOO UNAYAMBA YOLAKWIKA UZIFUSA KAYE.

    VIVA CHIBAMBO VIVA MWAMADI

  65. This country has a lot of sick people indeed. If the Police have arrested the people, it may imply that there is probability that some criminal act may have taken place regardless of who the person is – a supporter or not. I certainly do not understand the thinking of some of these people and wonder whether they have brains or cabbage instead. I am not a soccer fan and I don’t see myself being one, but are we insinuating that anytime the Police arrest an individual there is an underhand? When they don’t do their professional job, we blame them. What actually do we want our Police to do? This country needs a President like Kagame, bring some heavy handedness in the management of the country and you will see how we will develop. I feel very disgusted about this, certainly!

  66. Please rephrase the first senetence or paragraph of this article. It appears Mphatso Nkhoma you wrote it in a rush. There is something missing and as such it lets us readers not to make any sense out of it.

  70. This is as a result of personlising the team, besides where nobody don’t want to take a loosing hand. Its inhuman to use and cheer the players who are not paid, pliz resolve the issue amicabily. To the nyasatimes crew plz edit ur stories, why are you doing as if you have not been paid like our players?

  71. Bullets mukuseweretsa apolisi. Nokhanokhanu ena kumangitsa ena kumasulitsa. Apolisi mukuona bwa? Mupusatu apa. Nkhaniyi niayam’banja asieni athane.

  72. Comment.I think forcing mr chirman 2 resign was good, but the wrong thing is 2 break the office and still things. chamba ma fans ndiye ma trophes chan, kukaonetsa azikazi owo bax.

  73. Comment Kikikikikiki koma zili ku ma ule anga ndale zofuna kubweretsa democry. Playing in the caf its not easy u need to prepare well.We dont know what will happen on sunday againt this team that hammered them 4~kwaiyayi.Only Kondi and Fourty knws.

  76. Ma Prayers Tsopano, kukawapempha a Police kuti atulutse ma Surpoter a Man U, eh koma kuli Drama chaka chino ku Man Uuuu! Si Bulletstu iyi ayi koma Man U, a Kondie ndima Prayers omwe akukanani poyera amwene!!, munali abwino inu kapena anawa munkafuna kuwadyera masuku pamutu? Iwe zoona kumakatenga katapila mkumayendetaela Club yaikulu ngati imeneyi zoona? MaSun glasses ako ukawanvala amaonetselatu ma charecters ako a uCrook ngati kumachangamuka pa Town, ma Parestina mumupatse Ban uyu asadzalowenso Game yanu ya Bullets, akadzangolowa mudzamusinje adzachimine panyapake ndithu Club akanaitha uyu, or Game yanu azikanvelera pa radio kupolice yoyandikana ndikumene amakhala. Kk!mxxmx! Bullets oyeee? Neba oyeee? Ah ash!

  83. The action were in good faith to help the club koma mpakana kudzera mmawindo afisher,amzonda pamenepa mukuganiza bwino 2m yasowayo ilindiinuyo eti?

  84. Hahahaha team yafuko imeneyo? Sheeee manyazi bwanji pamenepo? Come guyz this z soccer not politics let piece prevail ngati ku Lali Lubani.

  87. Et tu Mwenelupembe? If Msungama was a bad administrator the issue needed not to be resolved by violence. Had the Big bullets camp exhausted all available means to resort to their terrorism?? This is scaring potential investors and sponsors for the team. No wonder many Malawians follow English league and not our poorly administered soccer.

  88. Ma palestina sazatheka. BiBi ndiimeneyi, team ya zingawenga. Koma lowerukali mulimba agalu inu? Takonzeka tikabweze ngongole iya kuti a Caf azakulipiriseni. Ndalama muli nazo? Mungotengeratu katapiratu apa inu a BiBi !

  89. Stone Mwamadi and Jomo Osman paja anamangidwanso pa mlandu wa Chasowa,komanso anali anthu oitanila ma minibus kenako kutola chikwama,how can supporters trust them as their leaders?

  90. Mr Msungama has failed. Just accept your failure and resign. My fellow bullets, I thought you could just lock the office with strong locks and chains but not breaking windows. Best time to do this could be after Sunday’s game which we are probably losing. Go back to school. Your agemates are currently in class.

  93. Things are getting out of hand (if they are not already out by now) at the peoples team. Its sad this is happening while preparing for such a big game. Msungama may have his own flaws but that’s not the way of trying to force him out. Where’s dignity? Where is love? Who will pay for the items and money stolen during the vandalism of the club house? I am so very disappointed and didn’t expect this from our dear supporters. I think neba is vindicated when he says we are a team of savages.

  94. We need accounts from day one kondy n group took over if any if’s n no’s call fiscal police or fbi or scotland yard

  96. Kiks of a dying horse, mwano anthu a Bullets ndikusamvera ndiomweso adakasokoneza mpira wa wanderers ndi Silver ndiye reporter wina wake yemwe mutu wake sugwira by the name of Pilirani Kachinziri was trying to influence Sulom kuti ipange punish Lucky Malata, i doubt ngati this Kachinziri mpira amaudziwa. For a captain to protest it dont need kuti mpirawo ukhale wa wanderers or Silver, Lucky Malata would have to protest even Silver ikadasewea ndi Surestream or Dedza young soccer. A Kachinziri ngati Bullets ikusasuka ndi Mavuto anu amenewo, let other teams prevail

  97. Pasonkhana anthu ovutika palibe chabwino basi BB yatha kaya kwanuko kuko anzanga mapalestina

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