Judgement will be delivered today at 11:30hrs in the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria as to the place former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu will be interred.
The family has refused to repatriate the remains provided President Hakainde Hichilema insists on being part of the procession.
President Hichilema proceeded to dig a graves without the express involvement of the family and has bizarrely insisted on seeing the body.
President Hichilema’s conduct has shocked many observers with many wondering whether his wish to dignity president Lungu in death had anything to do with superstition.
Judge Acting President Aubrey Phago Ledwaba, Judge Phanuel Mudau and Judge Sulet Potterhill are expected to pass the verdict in a matter brought by the Attorney General of Zambia.
In a bid to forcibly grab the body so they can bury in Zambia against the wishes of the family, the Zambian government sued the following people.
Respondents
1. Esther Lungu – widow
2. Bertha Lungu – daughter
3. Tasila Lungu – daughter
4. Dalieso Lungu – son
5. Chiyeso Lungu – daughter
6. Charles Phiri – brother
7. Makebi Zulu – family spokesperson
8. Two Mountains Burial Services
