March 26, 2023 – UPDATE ON THE M@RDER OF CHIKONDI BANDA
During Police interrogations of the three suspects who were arrested on March 25, 2023 around 21:00 hours in connection with the m@rder of the 10-year-old boy identified as Chikondi Banda, one suspect identified as Nalukui Akafekwa aged 24 of Garden compound narrated to Police officers how he picked the boy from school on March 17, 2023 until the time he m@rdered him and later dumped him in a (drainage) maize field in Emmasdale area.
The suspect revealed that the boy was m@rdered on March 17, 2023 between 20:00 hours and 21:00 hours.
Nalukui led Police officers to where he committed the crime from and also revealed that his motive was to get money from the boy’s parents.
He lives in the same neighborhood with the deceased’s family members in Garden Compound.
He is in Police Custody awaiting to be formally charged.
Police investigations started with the other two who were in contact with the suspect (Nalukui) who was on the run. They are still detained in custody.
Danny Mwale
Deputy Police Public Relations Officer