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Witchdoctor Causes Stir At Fmr First Lady’s Criminal Proceedings

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8 months ago

June 1, 2024

Cami Ezenwa

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A witchdoctor has caused an unusual stir in the course of a criminal proceedings involving former First Lady.

The witchdoctor who came to the court as witness, did so, in the manner he gulped what appeared like a liquid juju concoction before a packed court room.

The action left many murmuring and wondering whether such should be allowed in a properly constituted court with an important case on hand.

The witchdoctor, Elizabeth Phiri is a witness in the case at a Lusaka Magistrate court, Zambia, in which former first lady Esther Lungu is charged with theft.

As the hearing got underway yesterday, the juju woman extracted from her handbag, a concoction prepackaged in a Vatra bottle and slammed it on the counter top of the witness box, reports the Zambian Observer,

it came on the heels of the deputy chief State advocate Chipola Bako’s address of magistrate Mbuywana Simvula.
As Bako made an application to have the case adjourned on reasons that Phiri was unwell, the voodooist reached for her bottle and galloped the concoction as if her life depended on it.

As she swallowed the concoction which appeared to be as bitter as traditional abortion herbs, former deputy PF Secretary General Mumbi Phiri could not help but wonder loudly if such actions were permissible in court.

“We would like to seek an adjournment of the case on accounts of the illness of the witness. She is on medication and we are unable to proceed. On account of her illness we pray that the matter be adjourned to a later date,” said Bako.

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It is a case in which Esther, is jointly charged with James Phiri, a police officer of House No.753 Obama; Lee Chisulo 31, a police officer of New Chilenje; Kapambwe Lungu, a police and her niece Catherine Banda on three counts of theft of motor vehicle and one count of theft. Magistrate Simvula adjourned the case to July 9.