Zambia: Banda on trial
Issue 253
- 03 May 2013
| 1 minute read
Former president Rupiah Banda is on trial in Lusaka, having been stripped of his immunity, arrested and charged with abuse of office in connection with a Nigerian oil deal with the Abuja-based Sarb Energy. Banda’s son Henry has also been named in court documents. Sarb Energy was reported to have been paid $2.5m for shipping oil to Zambia, but failed to deliver.
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