{"id":779371,"date":"2020-01-09T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/09\/alleged-coup-plotter-appears-in-zambian-court\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T15:25:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:25:11","slug":"alleged-coup-plotter-appears-in-zambian-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/alleged-coup-plotter-appears-in-zambian-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged coup plotter appears in Zambian court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1577121781578.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".1xqblyyknyw.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>\n <span>RUSTENBURG &#8211; A 58-year-old man accused of plotting to overthrow the government of Zambia appeared in the Lusaka Magistrate&#8217;s Court on Thursday.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n <span>Mwangala Ngalande was charged with one count of treason and three overt acts, according to the Lusaka Times.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <span>It is alleged that Ngalande conspired with Simon Njobvu to procure military equipment &#8211; including an AK47 assault rifle, pistols and rocket propelled grenades &#8211; with the intention of assassinating president Edgar Lungu and senior government officials.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".1xqblyyknyw.0.1d\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".1xqblyyknyw.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".1xqblyyknyw.1.u\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSTENBURG &#8211; A 58-year-old man accused of plotting to overthrow the government of Zambia appeared in the Lusaka Magistrate&#8217;s Court on Thursday. 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