Blantyre Senior Resident Magistrate Court has convicted a Criminal Investigations Detective Police Officer, Margaret Mbandambanda of Limbe Police Station with three charges after being arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on October 28th, 2020.
A statement released by ACB signed by its Principal Public Relations Officer Egrita M. Ndala has confirmed the development.
According to Ndala, on 19th June, 2018 the Bureau received an allegations that the said officer demanded between K100,000 and K150,000 from a relation of a suspect in order to release the suspect on police bail.
“The ACB investigations established that Police Officer Mbandambanda received K100,000 as an advantage to release the suspect on police bail which is supposed to be granted for free,” reads the statement.
She was charged with three counts of receiving advantage, soliciting advantage and misuse of public office contrary to section 24(1) of the Corrupt Practices Act respectively.
Officer Margaret Mbandambanda will appear in court on 5th April, 2023 for jurisdiction.
