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No arms found at ex-minister’s house

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zambian police searching the home of former government minister Ben Mwila at the weekend found no firearms or stolen goods, Mwila’s lawyer was
    quoted in news reports as saying.

    “Their search drew a blank. They found nothing at all,” Sakwiba Sikota told reporters after police finished their search of the former environment minister’s Lusaka house on Sunday.
    Police early on Sunday searched the house of the ex-minister, who was expelled from the government and from the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) last month for saying he intended to campaign to be president.

    President Frederick Chiluba has banned all senior government and party officials from declaring their intention to succeed him when his term of office expires next year.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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