The Zambian president, Edgar Lungu has just released a statement through his Special Assistant, Isaac Chimpampe declaring the election not Free and Fair.
This move is rare particularly for a sitting president in Africa, the Zambian president is claiming that his polling agents were chased from polling stations and that his parties North West province chairman, Jackson Kungo was also murdered amongst other reason, which render the elections not free and fair, the President has since deployed the army into Zambia’s streets to maintain peace so to speak.
This comes as the leader of Zambia’s largest opposition party The United Party for National Development (UPND) Hakainde Hichilema is leading the incumbent, in early election results.
You can read the full statement below;


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