UTM claims assassination plot targeting Chilima: Ex-military officer trailing Malawi VP

The UTM Party has stepped up its own security after being alerted to a death threat in desperate attempt to create violence and a state of emergency, targeted at the country’s estranged vice-president Saulos Chilima, the party’s leader.

Mkakas vehicles spotted in Karonga

Chilima on campaign trail in Karonga

The regime is alleged to have approached an assassin to hit Chilima who is now running mate on the grand opposition Tonse alliance.

The party said it is not taking the threats lightly about the covert plans come from reliable sources within the regime.

UTM suspects former Major = Rodrick Mkaka,  who now works for Egenco as Security Officer,  is part of the plot as he has been trailing Chilima for the past two weeks.

Chilima’s security team took pictures of Mkaka’s vehicle at Karonga on Tuesday morning after it was also spotted in Chitipa where the vice president is on a campaign trail.

“He was spotted in Phalombe when Chilima was in Phalombe the day Chilima’s vehicle was stoned. He was in Machinga the day Chilima’s vehicle was stoned,  he was in Ntcheu last week when Chilima was there. He is now here in Karonga.  Protect the principal,” reads a message passed on to Chilima’s team from a a sources within government.

Meanwhile, Chilima’s private security currently in Karonga with him, has tightened security around him.

The assassination plot also comes hot on the heels of reports that the DPP also wants to kill presidential candidate Peter  Kuwani of Mbakumbaku so that the polls are postponed as per Malawi laws.

The DPP government is seemingly not willing to go to the fresh polls especially with two credible opinion polls giving the opposition alliance an 18 lead edge.

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joyce
joyce
4 years ago

Kodi ka Chilima ko akuyima ngati president Malawi muno kumvetsetsa kwanga olo ndikamavota ndimavotera otsogolera osati wa pambuyo ayi ndiye iyeyo asazinamize olo zitavuta maka MCP sizalamula Malawi muno just wait for the day a Malawi pano takwiya ndi zonyansa zimene mwatiwonetsa miyezi yapitayi kupha wa police (imedi-wochokera ku Mangochi)kumupha chifukwa ndi wa chisilamu kuwononga ma shop ndi katundu wa anthu mukuganiza kuti tingafune kubwereranso ku nyansi zanu zija ngona zo zizikadya anthu akwanu ndi ambwiyanu,amanu.

Wachisoni
Wachisoni
4 years ago

I wonder why anyone would want to assassinate you sir! you are not worth assassinating! don’t kid yourself!

Guta
4 years ago

Chilima with his usual nonsense and attention seeking antics

BigMan
BigMan
4 years ago

Dear Mr Military officer and the DPP cockroaches who are allegedly behind this plan.

“If thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee”.

Red wine Bibida mkamwa thoo

No smoke without fire. wawamvetsa kuwawa mnyamata wa nzeruyu

Mulopwana
4 years ago

But all other countries provide security to aspirant which is different from Malawi.

Edson kambwani
Edson kambwani
4 years ago

You

Peter Bakali
Peter Bakali
4 years ago

These are all theories and Rumours in Malawi Fake News WHY DPP wants to Target Chilima and Why NOT Chakwera it can also be other way round MCP wants to Target Chilima as we can see in the News Chakwera is NOT much in NEWS he is hiding Behind Chilima why is he Gearing to come in Front It is possible Chakwera is playing Political Game and he wants to Assinate Chilima to his advantage for the Elections so that he will NOT have to keep His Promise of Dy President and FM which he has already declared that he… Read more »

Kambewa Chisale
4 years ago
Reply to  Peter Bakali

Foseki
DPP is a party of killers. What happened to Njaunji

Simposium
Simposium
4 years ago
Reply to  Peter Bakali

Wagwa nayo

CHILIMA-COVIDIOT
CHILIMA-COVIDIOT
4 years ago

Apatu mkaka wake siHowa ayyi
Tizimvetsa
Komakuti plot imeneyi ikuchokela
mu MCP mommo
Ndipo apa ndiye akungoyesela
Atati apeza mwai wowina ndiye Chilima
adzafa munjila iliyonse
Kudzakhala kuthetsa nkhani
Nangasi mavuvu akewo
Eeeh asatipinge
Ena ndi enawo alibe nawo ntchito

Simposium
Simposium
4 years ago

Manyazi bwaaa?

Kyala
Kyala
4 years ago

When we say dpp and its leaders are thugs, you insult us. Killing Kuwani will not solve anything. It just postpones the election by a few days, then you lose as is predicted. It is also very dangerous to use a chopper, it is not a reliable flying machine.

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