Ibrahim Sildky Yusuf, the Zambia mandrax dealer on the run
Yusuf imported stolen goods into Zambia in 1993 and 1994; and obtained $29 000 under false pretences from the Zambian Parliament in 2002.
Evidence: Comments in Zambian media in 2002 by law enforcement officials, who also provided the M&G with written confirmation of both allegations last year. The charges still stand.
Response: Yusuf’s lawyer said: “There are no investigations of whatever nature … in Zambia or any country.”
By Bwembya Mutale In just 27 days in office, at worst President Michael Sata has beaten the historical knee-jerk leadership of the likes of Ugandan madman tyrannical Idi Amin Dada’s insanity rule, Haiti’s Jean-Claude Duvalier, the dictator known as Baby Doc that created a stunning political crisis and Jean-Bertrand Aristide another failed radical populist, at [...]
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