State to finally produce Jay Jay in court today

THE Lusaka High Court will today be a hive of activities as Emmanuel Jay Banda, who was captured in Mozambique by State agents is today expected to be brought to court after the High Court ordered the State to bring the former Petauke law maker to court after being at Maina Soko Military Hospital for more than a month.

Lusaka High Court judge Geoffrey Mulenga ordered that Jay Banda be produced before the court at 09:00 hours today so that the court can ascertain the circumstances of his apprehension and his eventual detention.

Grace Banda, the mother to Jay Jay has applied for a Habeas Corpus demanding that the State should produce her son as she had not been given access to him since he was brought back to the country on October 14.

Mrs Banda has complained to the High Court that she had made several attempts to see her son but that the State had prevented her and had refused to disclose his whereabouts and his condition in which he was after being apprehended from Mozambique.