LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Pressure has mounted on the Anti Corruption Bureau to arrest former president Lazarus Chakwera for his alleged involvement in the questionable issuance of a Malawian diplomatic passport to a Nigerian businessman who is now facing international fraud charges.
The calls for Chakwera’s arrest come following the disclosure in an affidavit by former Immigration Director General Charles Kalumo that the decision to grant a diplomatic passport to Dozy Mmobuosi in 2023 did not come from him but the president.
In the affidavit, Kalumo says he acted under direct presidential instruction.
Several civil society organisations have since asked the ACB to arrest Chakwera as the case falls under the Corrupt Practices Act .
Records show that Mmobuosi was granted a Malawian diplomatic passport number MWD001402 after a high level meeting with Chakwera at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe.
This comes barely months after Chakwera blocked law enforcers to search his resident in Lilongwe over alleged theft of State House dogs.