
ACC Nab Ex Army,OP officers
Hector Simfukwe-The Anti-Corruption Commission -ACC- has arrested former Zambia Army Chief of Operations and an Officer in the Office of the President Special Division for corruption involving exportation of Mukula logs without following laid down procedure.
ACC Spokesperson QUEEN CHIBWE says Brigadier General GILBERT MULENGA has been charged with one count of Abuse of Authority of Office.
Mrs. CHIBWE says whilst acting together with persons unknown on dates unknown but between 1st June 2021 and 30th September 2021 in Lusaka, General MULENGA did Abuse the Authority of Office.
She says was done by arbitrarily resolving to regularize an attempted illegal export to China of 23 containers laden with Mukula logs transported by ACKSON TEMBO of ACK General Suppliers.
The ACC spokesperson says the act is prejudicial to the interest of the Government of Zambia.
AND Mrs. CHIBWE says BRUCE AONGOLA an Executive Officer at the Office of the President Special Division has also been arrested and charged with the same offence of Abuse of Authority of Office.
She says Mr. AONGOLA arbitrarily resolved to regularize an attempted illegal export to China of 23 containers laden with Mukula logs transported by ACKSON TEMBO of ACK General Suppliers.
Mrs. CHIBWE says the duo has since been released on Bond and will appear in court soon.
In October last year, the Commission intercepted and seized a consignment of 23 trucks laden with Mukula logs belonging to ACKSON TEMBO, a Lusaka Businessman and proprietor of ACK General Suppliers.
The trucks were enroute to neighboring Namibia and Zimbabwe, with unknown final destinations.
This is contained in a statement made available to ZNBC news by Mrs. CHIBWE.