{"id":325456,"date":"2024-05-31T16:19:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T15:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=325456"},"modified":"2024-05-31T16:19:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T15:19:38","slug":"zambias-ex-first-lady-arrested-for-money-laundering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/31\/zambias-ex-first-lady-arrested-for-money-laundering\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia\u2019s ex-first lady arrested for money laundering"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Held Thursday evening alongside her two daughters, after being quizzed for hours about properties the family holds in the capital, Lusaka<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zambia\u2019s former first lady, Esther Lungu, has been arrested on money laundering charges, her lawyer said Friday, days after her husband claimed he was being targeted as part of a political vendetta.<\/p>\n<p>Lungu, 66, was held Thursday evening alongside her two daughters, after being quizzed for hours about properties the family holds in the capital, Lusaka, lawyer Makebi Zulu told AFP. She has now been released on bail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe former first lady has been arrested for being found in possession of properties suspected to be proceeds of crime and money laundering charges,\u201d Zulu said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the properties, a block of flats in Lusaka\u2019s high-end New Kasama district, were built by Lungu\u2019s husband, former president Edgar Lungu, 67.<\/p>\n<p>Zambia\u2019s anti-drug agency said the one time first lady had failed to give a \u201creasonable explanation\u201d of how she acquired the flats, which had a construction cost of 41 million kwacha ($1.6 million).<\/p>\n<p>They were \u201creasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime\u201d, it added.<\/p>\n<p>Edgar Lungu led copper-rich Zambia from 2015 to 2021, when he lost an election to President Hakainde Hichilema, who had been a veteran opposition leader before winning the vote by a landslide.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Lungu announced he was to return to politics, with general elections scheduled for 2026. 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