Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister, Jack Mwiimbu, has confirmed that incarcerated Petauke Central Member of Parliament, Emmanuel Jay Banda, has escaped from lawful custody.
Mwiimbu says Banda escaped through a hospital window, from a room in which his wife asked for privacy for him to undergo a routine soaking to treat the hernia disease he was diagnosed with.
Speaking at a Press Briefing in Lusaka today, Mwiimbu said 3 correctional facility officers and 2 police officers who were guarding him at a time of escape have been arrested.
Mwiimbu said a manhunt has been launched for Banda.