Zambia ex-first lady grilled in anti-corruption drive

Zambia's former First Lady Esther Lungu was on Tuesday questioned over ownership claims of ultramodern housing units in the capital, Lusaka, local media are reporting.

The 15 flats near the state lodge were seized by the Drug Enforcement Commission earlier this month, suspected to have been proceeds of crime.

The anti-money laundering agency summoned Mrs Lungu after she claimed she owned the flats. She was accompanied by her husband, former president Edgar Lungu.

The former first family has been on the radar of Zambian investigative agencies in an anti-corruption campaign launched by President Hakainde Hichilema.

Critics say the drive is politically motivated.

The president, who came into power in August last year, has vowed to recover all allegedly looted resources by the Lungu’s regime.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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