ONLINE FALSEHOOD PUBLICATIONS ON THE HEALTH OF HIS EXCELLENCY, MR EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU

There is information circulating on social media insinuating that the Head of State, His Excellency, Mr Edgar Lungu is unwell and that the Defence and Security wings are making arrangements for her Honour the Vice President to take over office.

We would like to inform members of the public that this information is a total malicious fabrication and one of the numerous falsehoods and ill intended motives and conduct being perpetrated through the highly abused social media aimed at misleading the general populace and causing alarm.

As Zambia Police, we urge members of the public to disregard this deceptive and alarming information and treat it with the highest contempt that it deserves.

We have instituted investigations in the matter and all those that will be found to be behind the act will be arrested and dealt with in accordance to the provisions of the law.

We are also reminding the general public that other than the authors of any alarming information or statement, any person that participates in circulating such alarming information also risks being arrested.

We therefore, urge all members of the public to take heed of this timely warning and desist from participating in communicating falsehood that has potential to cause fear in the public, be it through social media or indeed any other means or channels of communication.

KAKOMA KANGANJA

INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE

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