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Police find Manondo’s $184 000 in bank

The money is being kept by police as evidence
The money is being kept by police as evidence

Malawi Police in the capital, Lilongwe on Tuesday broke into a safe deposit box belonging to businessperson Pika Manondo, who is a suspect in the shooting of Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, where they found $184 000 (about K75 million) in cash.

National Police deputy spokesperson Kelvin Maigwa confirmed that Manondo bought himself a safe deposit box with First Merchant Bank (FMB) Lilongwe Branch where he kept the money.

Said Maigwa: “We broke it and found over $184 000 in the box. The money is being kept by police as evidence.”

Manondo is on the Interpol wanted list where he is listed as Pika Pascal Manondo and being “wanted by the judicial authorities of Malawi for prosecution/to serve a sentence.”

The notice on the Interpol website said the 38-year-old Manondo was wanted on charges of attempted murder.

Other particulars on the notice include his picture, year and date of birth which is July 4 1975, place of birth which is Lilongwe.

In an interview with The Nation on Tuesday evening, Manondo, speaking from undisclosed location, said he was not afraid to face the law and that he was ready to explain to police what he knows about the shooting of Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo on September 13 2013.

Maigwa dismissed rumours that Interpol in South Africa had arrested the suspect.

The police search happened on the day Manondo granted an interview to The Nation in which he said he would be handing himself over to the Police this weekend on his arrival back in Malawi.

Manondo said: “Since there is a warrant of arrest, and a law abiding individual, I intend to hand over myself to Police and explain my side of the story.”

Manondo left through Mchinji border three days after Mphwiyo was shot at the gate of his Area 43 residence and airlifted to South Africa for further treatment.

 

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