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Prophet Shephard Bushiri appears in Pretoria Magistrates Court.
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The extradition hearing of the self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, in Lilongwe, Malawi, was delayed after the matter was postponed to Monday.
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This comes after Bushiri’s legal team filed a request to disqualify the magistrate in the case, citing “obvious bias.”
“We were ready to proceed but when we went to court we realized that the court had changed magistrates, which took us by surprise. We have information that it is the same magistrate who issued an arrest warrant against our clients,” he said. your Wapona lawyer. Kita told the media outside the lower court in Lilongwe, Malawi, on Monday morning.
“The arrest warrant is being challenged in the Superior Court, so we are making a formal request for his disqualification. He should not handle the matter,” he added.
Bushiri and his wife, Mary, obtained an injunction in the Malawi High Court that will prevent the Malawi police and the Director of Public Prosecution from making an arrest, their lawyer said. The order was granted on February 21, 2021, News24 previously reported. .
Bushiri’s legal team has five days to submit a formal request.
The couple is wanted in South Africa in connection with a fraud and money laundering case, allegedly for a sum of R102 million. However, they fled the country to their homeland only a few days after being granted bail of R200,000 each, under strict conditions – at the Central Magistrates Court in Pretoria.
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