Court Sets April 14 For Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema Treason Case

A High Court in Lusaka, Zambia has set April 14 to start hearing President Hakainde Hichilema’s Treason Case.

Hichilema made an application to the court asking it to stay proceedings in a case he sued the state for compensation over unlawful prosecution on treason Charges.

Judge Pixie Yangailo has set April 14 as the date to hear an application for an order to stay proceedings in respect of Mr. Hichilema, who is among the six plaintiffs in the case.

Hichilema was arrested in April 2017 after police raided his home in Lusaka on the allegations that he endangered the life of the then president Edgar Chagwa Lungu when his motorcade refused to give way to a presidential convoy.

He, along with five others, were charged with three offenses: treason, disobeying lawful orders and using insulting language.

Zambian government later dropped the charges against Hichilema and his colleagues which then saw them walk free from prison cells after almost 6 months.

Prior becoming Zambia’s head of state, Hichilema sued the State for unlawful imprisonment and demanded compensation.