By NATION REPORTER
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) yesterday conducted a search at former mines minister Richard Musukwa’s Lusaka residence.
Mr Musukwa’s lawyer, Jonas Zimba confirmed that DEC officers searched his residence in Lusaka yesterday afternoon.
This comes barely a week after DEC seized decorative stones and vehicles from his Chililabombwe residence.
Mr Musukwa’s lawyer said that the vehicles that were seized were his entitlement as Member of Parliament and Minister, while the Allion was for his wife.
And lawyer, Makebi Zulu last week disclosed that DEC officers seized personal vehicles parliament bought for him when he saved as MP in 2011 to 2021.
“This is not short of victimisation of our client and ill-timed persecution of citizens. It is a known fact that investigative wings ought to move on reasonable cause or suspicion in their investigations. If the officers were diligent or if DEC was diligent even before they went to those premises, they should have known that the motor vehicles they seized were part of his entitlement as MP and as Minister when he saved in those positions,” he said.
Mr Zulu had disclosed that even the house DEC has seized was built in 2002 when he was not even in politics.
He said his client would challenge the decision by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) to seize his properties in the Court of law as it is total abuse of power and an illegality aimed at embarrassing citizenry.
