RUPIAH HIRES NEW LAWYERS FOR HIMSELF AND SON, HENRY

A Canadian legal firm is preparing to counter the Zambian government’s anti-corruption drive, which the firm has described as politically motivated.

The Toronto, Ontario based company, Amsterdam and Peroff LLP, which represents former President, Rupiah Banda and his son, Henry, is currently working on emergency appeals to international bodies over its claims.

Meanwhile, the legal firm has dismissed the Zambian state law enforcement wings red alert with the INTERPOL for the arrest of the former head of state’s son, Henry.

Amsterdam and Peroff LLP further claims the Zambian government has failed to lay charges in support of requests for the arrest of the ex-leader’s son, therefore its dismissal of the arrest requests as unfounded and politically motivated.

Robert Amsterdam says the unspecified allegations against Henry Banda are politically driven and without foundation, adding that it is clearly not a genuine investigation.

He has explained in a statement that Zambia is using the false pretext of anti-corruption to eliminate political competition.

Amsterdam and Peroff LLP, along with law firm, Brian Kahn Incorporation of Johannesburg, South Africa, were appointed to represent Former President Rupiah Banda and his son Henry Banda on March 22, 2012.

Henry Banda, now declared a fugitive, has been on the run, since his father’s electoral loss in September 2011, prompting Zambian authorities to issue an international red alert through INTERPOL headquarters in France.

He faces possible charges of fraud after allegations having solicited for DIRTY money for his father’s elections campaigns.

Amsterdam & Peroff LLP has been retained to assist the legal team of Mallam Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, a popular Nigerian politician, in an alleged case of massive electoral fraud in the gubernatorial elections of the state of Bauchi, Nigeria, in April 2011.