Dr. Thomson Mpinganjira, arrested on accusations of attempting to bribe Constitutional Court judges over the election case, will appear in court on Thursday morning for formal charges.
Graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba has said the bureau has finished interrogating him.
“We have charged him with attempt to bribe Constitutional Court judges and he will appear in court on Thursday to be arraigned formally,” said Matemba.
The tycoon Banker Mpinganjira will spend the night at Blantyre police station, which has been heavily guarded by Police as a crowd and a swarm of reporters have surrounded the building.
Malawi Social Media is abuzz that more arrests on the issue are underway after investigations.
Earlier, Matemba indicated that the graft busting body was also looking for a public officer in connection with the bribery allegation.
Mpinganjira emerged from the ACB offices in the afternoon on Wednesday after a four-hour interrogation just to be greeted with jeers and songs of insults by the crowd that had gathered outside the ACB offices.
