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| Zambian President Michael Sata |
Zambian President Michael Sata said
Thursday that his predecessor Rupiah Banda was in South Africa to seek asylum.
Sata told reporters in Lusaka that
Banda is avoiding answering charges of "crimes" committed while he
was in office, without giving details.
"You don't know why Rupiah Banda
went to South Africa. (It is) because he is looking for asylum," he said.
"But he doesn't know that we can go to South Africa and extradite him, and
come and remove his immunity here."
Banda last week refused to answer
questions from a team of government anti-graft investigators. He enjoys
immunity for any crimes committed while he was in office.
He handed over power to Sata after
losing elections in 2011, in what was hailed as an example of a smooth
multi-party transition in southern Africa.
Sata's government has since arrested a
number of opponents, raising fears the country is sliding toward
authoritarianism.
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