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Sleeping On Duty: 9 Escape From Kafue Estates Police Cell
NINE suspects have escaped police custody at Industrial police post in Kafue Estates in unexplained circumstances.
Kafue member of parliament Obvious Mwaliteta confirmed the incident, which happened on Saturday around 02:00 hours when the officer who was manning the police post went on patrol.
Mwaliteta wondered why the officer decided to conduct patrol, leaving the station unmanned.
He has since instructed criminal investigation officer (CIO) for the police post, an Inspector Kanfwa, to detain the officer who was on duty.
And Inspector Kanfwa told Mwaliteta that six of the escapees were facing aggravated robbery while the other three, among them a Grade 12 pupil at Naboye Secondary School, had defilement-related cases.
He revealed that three of the escapees had been arrested in connection with a robbery which took place at the District Education Board Secretariat in Kafue last month.
Inspector Kanfwa said when the officer returned from his patrols, he found the suspects struggling to get out of the police cells.
He said the officer managed to grab an iron bar which they were using to break out of the cell, after which he fired two shots in the air.
But Kafue Estates residents said the manner in which the suspects escaped raised a lot of questions.
Moses Munamovwe who spoke on behalf of the residents, alleged that the move was planned by police officers who deliberately left the police post unmanned, to give room to the suspects to escape.
Munamovwe said that residents had lost confidence in the police officers in Kafue because of the way they were carrying out their duties.
He said police officers at most police posts, especially during night shift, reported for work drunk, making it impossible for them to execute their duties in a professional manner.
Munamovwe said urgent action was needed to address the situation.
Posted by Editor
on May 20, 2013. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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Bull
May 20, 2013 at 3:56 pm
The officer was probably trying to put more money in his pocket in these hard economic times.
ZEEMANINGI
May 20, 2013 at 4:24 pm
Mr kamfwa the cio did not obey to the minister,s instructions instead he was spoted drinking beer with the same oficer at chete bar just next to the police station in kafue estates,pliz madam libongani can u quickly intervan in this matter coz we hv rely sufferd wit these useless kafue cops.
KAFUE RESIDENT
May 20, 2013 at 4:38 pm
The same cio my kanfwa is too corrupt & boasting wit his BMW car we call him JOJO MWANGAZA here in kafue,HON Minister I wish I had yo conctact number so that I can exporse all the roten cops in kafue.
Popopo
May 20, 2013 at 8:30 pm
Barely a week has errupted it was at Kabangwe in Chibombo today its Kafue suspects have escaped this is what the police can do. They are corrupt majority of them. The move was planned no doubt
mali
May 21, 2013 at 8:39 am
Interesting rubbish news for sure