Mazabuka Mayor Vincent Lilanda and his wife are nursing injuries after the duo were allegedly assaulted by Mazabuka District UPND Youth Chairperson identified as Bright Hamweenda at Mazabuka Golf Club last night.
According to details obtained by Diamond News from the victim, Vincent Lilanda, the incident happened when he alongside his wife enroute to town from their farm decided to make a stop at the Golf Club to buy takeaway meals when they ran into Hamweenda whom he accuses of having started hurling insults the moment he saw him.
Mr. Lilanda adds that it was during the tense moments when he tried to establish why Hamweenda was issuing disparaging remarks when his wife who was in the couple’s motor vehicle intervened in attempt to defuse the tension but was allegedly struck by the youth leader hence she fainted.
However, when Diamond Media’s Helga Chibwe contacted Mr. Hamweenda he refuted the Mayor’s claim that he was the attacker but that he merely defended himself when Mr. Lilanda’s wife pushed him prompting a retaliation.
He reveals that contrary to an assertion that the duo’s misunderstanding is as a result of a dispute over awarding of contracts in the district, the unhappy youth leader claims the rift begun when the Mayor allegedly used some youths to fight him.
But Mr. Lilanda denies the allegation and distances himself as the cause of the physical confrontation that led him and his wife to undergo medical treatment.
In addition, the district youth leader also claims he was hurt during the fight.
Both camps reported each other to the police who are yet to issue a statement on the incident.
By Helga Chibwe