A FORTY year old man of Ndola charged with conduct likely to cause the breach of peace will have to pay a fine of K100 failure to which he will be sentenced to three months simple imprisonment.

Ndola Magistrate Court fined Cornelius Kolala for conduct likely to cause the breach of peace.

Mr Kolala was apprehended by the police for standing in front of the Presidential motorcade while wearing a yellow T-shirt written ‘I did not vote for President Hakainde Hichilema’ during the International Trade Fair.

The offence he admitted to while in police detention.

When he appeared before Ndola Magistrate Benny Akende the court explained that on June 29,2023 while the Republican President was entering the Zambia International Trade Fair ground, Mr Kolala went in front of the motorcade showing himself while wearing a yellow T. Shirt written ‘I did not vote for President Hakainde Hichilema’.

In his mitigation,Mr Kolala asked for forgiveness from the public and from the court.

He assured the court that he was going to behave well in the community when given a second chance.

Mr Kolala told the court that he did not aim at annoying one but rather thought that he was exercising his rights by stating that he did not vote for the Republican President.

Source:Mwebantu