BB to sue Kanyenda over witchcraft allegations
Probably for the first time in history, the rivalry between Big Bullets and Mighty Wanderers is set to go beyond the pitch to the courts.
Bullets have said it will sue Nomads general secretary David Kanyenda as well as the club over allegations that they bewitched Wanderers’ promising winger Omega ‘Megadinho’ Mhone who has since gone back to Nkhata Bay.
The development follows Kanyenda’s comments in the local media, including The Nation, that a witch doctor claimed the player was bewitched by Nomads’ arch-rivals, which to Kanyenda meant Bullets.
“The remarks that he has made through both the print and electronic media are defamatory and damaging in nature and we would want them to prove in a court of law that we indeed bewitched the player,” said Bullets general secretary Higger Mkandawire.
“We feel our image has been tarnished as a club and the public is looking at us as a team of witches. We hold Mr. Kanyenda in high esteem, but as a lawyer and legal adviser and spokesperson for Wanderers, surely he must have known what he was talking about,” said Mkandawire.
He also said the Bullets faithful are concerned about Kanyenda’s claims.
However, Kanyenda played down the issue yesterday: “BB are our friends, they are sportsmen and I am sure we will reach a compromise regarding their concerns.
“But if they insist, then we will also consider suing them for alleging that we were involved in violence when they lost against Super Eagles in a Carlsberg Cup match in Mzuzu,” said Kanyenda.
