How Does President Hakainde Hichilema Plan to ‘Identify and Authenticate’ the Body of His Predecessor? If This Is Not Witchcraft, Then What Is It?

Zambia and the world are watching in disbelief.

The government of President Hakainde Hichilema has officially requested access to the body of former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, claiming it seeks to “identify and authenticate” his remains. Yes, you read that correctly. A sitting president wants to confirm the identity of his deceased predecessor’s body.

This bizarre and chilling demand, issued through VFV Attorneys on behalf of the Attorney General, is not just legally unnecessary. It is spiritually offensive, culturally taboo, and politically grotesque.

Since when did President Hichilema become a medical examiner?

Is the Head of State now a forensic pathologist, a mortician, or a DNA expert? What qualifications does he or his unnamed “representative” possess that empower him to identify a body already confirmed by family members, medical professionals, and the legal system?

The late President Lungu passed away surrounded by witnesses. His remains were certified, handled with care, and transported to the mortuary with dignity. There has been no confusion, no challenge to his identity, and no suspicion raised by any competent authority.

So let the question echo loud and clear.

What exactly is Hakainde Hichilema hoping to find?

What is he looking for on the lifeless cold body of a man he once opposed politically but who is now no longer here to speak for himself?

What is this obsession with Edgar Lungu’s body?

This is not law. This is not leadership. This is not justice.

This is an obsession, a disturbing, compulsive fixation on the dead.

It goes far beyond politics. It defies logic. It even surpasses vengeance.

If this is not witchcraft, then what is it?

In African culture, the dead are to be respected. The departed must be left in peace. Disturbing a body without spiritual, medical, or lawful justification is not only frowned upon. It is feared. It is seen as dark, dangerous, and sacrilegious.

Yet here we are in 2025 with a sitting president deploying his legal team to demand entry into a South African funeral parlour to “verify” a dead man’s body.

What began as political rivalry has now morphed into something darker, a haunting pursuit of a man even in death. A court order has already limited access to the body to the widow, family, and spokesperson. But that is not enough. President Hichilema’s government now wants physical proof, as though the family, the doctors, and the nation are lying.

Is this paranoia? Is it fear? Or is it something else entirely?

Because if it is not science, not medicine, and not law, then we are forced to call it what it appears to be, a spiritual violation, a political ritual, a form of state-sponsored witchcraft.

President Hichilema must answer to the people of Zambia.

What is the purpose of this grotesque demand?

Why do you need to see the body?

Why can’t you let Edgar Chagwa Lungu rest?

The family is grieving. The nation is watching. The world is taking note.

And the question remains: If this is not witchcraft, then what is it?

Let the dead rest. Let the family mourn in peace. And let this sinister chapter be brought to a close before it leaves a permanent spiritual stain on the presidency itself.