Police officials are currently investigating the abduction and murder of Zambia’s newly appointed broadcasting regulator executive, Guntila Muleya.
Guntila Muleya’s body was found on the outskirts of the capital city, Lusaka, on Wednesday with gunshot wounds.
His death had surprised people especially because the motive is still yet unknown and the gun violence not very common in the southern African nation.
The police have said that the director general of the Independent Broadcasting Authority —IBA, was abducted after leaving work on Tuesday.
The Zambian company is responsible for licensing, standardizing and enforcing compliance among broadcasting nations.
Muleya’s family had raised an alarm after he failed to return home on Tuesday night. His body was eventually discovered by a passerby on their way to work.
Muleya had prior to taking up his role at the IBA, been the general manager in Zambia of South African pay TV firm MultiChoice.
What They’re Saying
Thabo Kawana, the top civil servant in Zambia’s information ministry, had told journalists,
“I want to assure the nation on this sad development that the people involved in this gruesome murder of the IBA director general will be brought to book.”
Meanwhile, the IBA has released a statement saying that it was “deeply saddened” by the death and would continue to uphold the value and vision that Mr Muleya championed during his brief tenure.
