State uncomfortable with flash disk containing shootout at Makebi’s residence – Sakwiba LAWYER representing treason-accused Brian Mundubile, Makebi Zulu and others, Sakwiba Sikota, says the State, through the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has raised another preliminary issue shortly before the hearing of their bail application. In the latest objection, the State has expressed discomfort […]

State uncomfortable with flash disk containing shootout at Makebi’s residence – Sakwiba

LAWYER representing treason-accused Brian Mundubile, Makebi Zulu and others, Sakwiba Sikota, says the State, through the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has raised another preliminary issue shortly before the hearing of their bail application.

In the latest objection, the State has expressed discomfort with video evidence showing a shootout at Makebi Zulu’s residence and is seeking to have the footage struck out of the court record.

The footage was presented before the court, alongside other evidence, in response to the State’s objection to granting Mundubile, Makebi and the others bail, on grounds that they were a flight risk, having allegedly evaded arrest before their eventual apprehension.

In opposing their bail application, the State cited several instances in which it believes the accused attempted to evade arrest, including the period they spent seeking shelter at the United Nations (UN) premises.

However, to explain why they sought refuge at the UN premises, Mundubile narrated the shooting incident at his residence, while Makebi submitted a flash disk containing footage of a shootout at his home.

The accused argue that they sought shelter at the UN premises because they feared for their lives and that therefore, this should not be used to deny them constitutional bail.

“It seems they [State] are very uncomfortable with the flash disk. You know the flash disk which shows the raid on the second petitioner, Makebi Zulu’s residence and the shootout which was there; they’re very uncomfortable with that. So they want it struck out,” defence lawyer, State Counsel Sakwiba Sikota shares.

He says constitutional bail hearing will only be tabled once preliminary issues are resolved.

©TV Yatu | November 11, 2026.