In his statement, Justice Potani speaks of how Mpinganjira "desperately hunted for him for a meeting" which, he said, he dodged
With blessings of the other member judges, however, Justice Potani says he entertained Mpinganjira's call once for five minutes on October 9, 2019, when he (Potani) was told that the business mogul had "a parcel" for him.
The story is collaborated by a statement by another member of the panel of judges, Justice Tembo, who in a separate statement, told the ACB that, Mpinganjira had sent him a WhatsApp text asking him to provide contact details for Justice Potani.
Justice Tembo said Mpinganjira then had told him that lawyers for the respondents in the case (incumbent President Peter Mutharika and Malawi Electoral Commission) were also drawing additional cash purportedly to share with the judges.
Justice Tembo said he asked Mpinganjira why DPP, with a competent team of lawyers, was engaging in attempts to bribe the judges and the business mogul responded: "DPP never rigged the election.
Justice Tembo said in their conversation, that Mpinganjira and he were amazed at how the people allegedly involved were operating like the "mafia" and when Justice Tembo rejected the offer, Mpinganjira changed his statement, suggesting that he was not offering the judges a bribe but a 'loan from his bank to help them like any other members of the society'.
