The Magistrate’s Court sitting in Mzuzu has ordered Chibavi west MCP ward Councillor, Gabriel Mwaungulu to pay damages amounting to K2 million or serve a two-year jail term for defamation.

Mwaungulu was dragged to court by a fellow MCP Councillor Martha Jere of Chibanja ward after using insulting and demanding words on a Whatsapp group that the Mzuzu city ward elected leaders to share.

Jere, says she took, Mwaungulu to court to teach him a lesson to start respecting people regardless of their status and financial standing in society.