Singida East Member of Parliament Tundu Lissu
The Chief Whip of Opposition in
parliament and Tanganyika Law Society President, Lissu fell on police
hands immediately after attending a criminal case against Yeriko
Nyerere.
The opposition legislator appeared in
the case, defending the accused. After the court session, the MP on the
opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) jovially talked
to his colleagues before he boarded his vehicle with registration number
T261 DHH, ready to leave the premises But, as he moved towards the
court premises’ main entrance, his car was blocked by a police vehicle,
with registration number RX 04 EZN Land Cruiser, with two other
vehicles, T475 BNM and TY 424 BZN, carrying heavily armed policemen
coming behind the legislator’s vehicle.
After a brief conversation with the
police, Lissu disembarked from his car and boarded the police car, which
had blocked his. The convoy then left the court grounds speedily to the
Central Police Station, where he was locked up.
Advocate Peter Kibatala, who has
defended the legislator in a number of criminal cases also witnessed the
arrest, confirming to the ‘Daily News’ that his client was taken to
Central Police for questioning on an unspecified offence.
The arrest comes few days after Lissu
claimed that the government-procured Bombardier Q 400 plane had been
seized in Canada. He charged that the passenger plane, earlier scheduled
for commissioning last month, had been held after the government failed
to pay the Canadian Stirling Civil Engineering 38 million US dollars.
It is alleged that lawyers representing
the company had attached the government property to press for payment of
the debt. Lissu reportedly said the company won the tender to construct
Wazo Hill-Bagamoyo Road, but the contract was terminated without paying
compensation
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