Police say the arrests relate to demonstrations against the resulting favor of President Edgar Lungu.

Zambia’s Constitutional Court dismissed Hakainda Hichilema’s challenge of the election result without hearing it.

The electoral commission and ruling Patriotic Front have denied claims by the United Party for National Development that they colluded to rig the vote. i

Hichilema says he knew he would be arrested  as a way to silence his party and weaken its demands for justice to prevail over the stolen elections.

He and his deputy Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba have been charged with unlawful assembly and seditious practices.

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