Title deeds for ‘sold’ City of Lusaka property are missing at judge Sunday Nkonde’s office – Mulundika
By Staff Reporter
CHRISTINE Mulundika says High Court judge Sunday Nkonde should be asked how vital title deeds relating to the ‘sale’ of City of Lusaka Football Club (2000) PLC property went missing from his SBN Legal Practitioners’ office.
And Mulundika says judge Nkonde transacted over a lease matter involving City PLC property despite being aware that he did not have the authority to do that.
In a statement issued in her capacity as City of Lusaka Football Club (2000) chairperson, Mulundika indicated that her bonafide executive committee had no problem going to court over the matter involving the story and the rumours surrounding the sale of City property.
“It is important to note that the so-called ‘Chilongo Trustees’ are all directly and indirectly involved in legal issues at City. Mr Yuyi Lishomwa is currently in a legal dispute over a lease of land at City. Spectra signed a lease with City via the offices of SBN,” Mulundika stated. “Money paid by Spectra appears to have never reached the City accounts.”
She pointed out that Spectra placed a caveat on the Woodlands Stadium title deeds.
“The big issue is that SNB/Hon Sunday Nkonde, a lawyer at the time, represented City. The lease over City PLC property was not under his authority to transact. Sunday Nkonde was aware that he was not in a position to perform the transaction,” Mulundika disclosed. “The Lease was signed as City Football Club. The property belongs to the PLC. The transaction is highly irregular. This case is in court. Spectra paid the funds to SBN. We are yet to see proof that the funds were transferred to a City account. The debt that Mr Christopher Chilongo spoke of was recognised by Sunday Nkonde. The statement that the so called ‘new Trustees’ know nothing about the debt is incorrect as we have signed correspondence that says otherwise.”
Mulundika further noted that the relevance of the debt was also questionable as it had not been called on or used against City.
“Forli have written it off; they have essentially frozen the debt and there is no intention to call on the debt. The debt was purchased as a package from Cavmont FMO to remove it entirely from City. The preference share options that created the increase in shareholding were all done by Chifumu Banda and his firm,” the statement read further. “He created and lodged the original document that Cavmont exercised their option on.”
She said another issue in what she described as the City saga was that of missing title deeds that were held at judge Nkonde’s law firm, SBN.
“When City tried to recover the title deeds, there was great resistance. One title deed was never recovered; a duplicate had to be made. SBN have never given a reason why they could not hand over the title deed. Maybe the journalists who take a huge interest in City affairs, should take up the challenge and look into this story and the rumours surrounding to sale of City property,” Mulundika narrated. “We find the compromised position of the Chilongo group strange. Forli has a legal complaint currently at LAZ against Hon Nkonde. Details can be provided by LAZ. The redundant Exco are all aware of the above matters.”
She affirmed that City of Lusaka Football Club PLC remains firmly in control of the Stadium and the Club under the Zambian law.
“The rebellious Exco remains redundant. No amount of noise and fake news will change this reality. The Trustees who are now directors remain in control of the Club and its property. The illegal meeting held by Chilongo is null and void. Forli had on the 20th December 2017 called on the government to call an official inquiry into the City saga,” stated Mulundika. “We call on the Minister of Sports to advise the next step. We ask the Chilongo group and their backers take the matter to court. A courtroom is the best place to resolve this matter. We as the PLC have no problem with putting the facts to a Zambian court.”
