The Malawi Police Service (MPs) has arrested veteran journalist, who is also Deputy Chief Executive Officer for National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) Gerald Viola.
Southern Region Police spokesperson, Ramsey Mushani confirmed the arrest on Saturday morning in an interview. He said Viola will be charged soon.
Meanwhile, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President for Southern Region and Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa paid a surprised visit to Viola at the Chikwawa police station.
The veteran journalist Viola once worked as Presidential spokesperson for the former president Professor Peter Mutharika.
Mcp stop all this madness of political arrests. This is double tragedy. This guy was hacked by abida last year and the calprit and her accomplices are enjoying life outside the bars. What is it now that this guy has done wrong? Abida please stop all this nosense. All of us can never be mcp supporters. Don’t force us to buy your ideologies which were full of rants and empty adages.