GBM evades police at Lusaka Magistrate Court
Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba was this morning whisked away from the Lusaka Magistrate Court premises by party cadres after word went round that police were planning to arrest him.
The UPND vice-president had been away from public eye for nearly two months prompting speculation that he had fled the country in search of asylum in a foreign land.
But the man commonly known as GBM made mockery of those rumours by making a dramatic appearance at the Hakainde Hichilema treason hearing.
News Diggers! reports that after the Hichilema treason case was referred to the High Court for trial, GBM and other political party leaders went outside the courtroom to chat.
Journalists then started taking pictures of the UPND vice-president while others prepared to interview him.
However, when some police officers who were inside the courtroom started asking where GBM was, UPND cadres rushed outside and literally dragged the former defence minister away.
The cadres caused commotion as they cleared the way for GBM at the Magistrates’ Court. They then got him on to Nevers Mumba’s vehicle and sped off.
Earlier, GBM said he did not flee the country.
“Where are Richard Sakala’s journalists who were saying I ran away? How can I run away from my beautiful country? you think I can leave my wife and my party?” asked Mwamba when he made a dramatic entry into the courtroom.