There has been looting by the protestors demanding the sacking of the electoral commission head they claim helped President Peter Mutharika rig the result.

Malawi’s opposition parties maintain typewriter correction fluid was used to change figures on results sheets from the May election won by Peter Mutharika with 38,6 % of the vote.

Lazarus Chakwera, who quit as Deputy President because he says Mutharika did not effectively fight corruption, maintains he won the election.

Soldiers have been deployed on the streets of Blantyre and Lilongwe to prevent looting, but companies including South Africa’s Multichoice have boarded up their shops as a precaution.

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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is to investigate why the event could not be produced in Nigeria.

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed’s asked the NBC to determine whether Multi-Choice has breached the Nigerian Broadcasting Code in any way, by shooting the show in South Africa.

They’ll see whether it is deceitful because the viewing public was never told that the event would be staged outside Nigeria.

Mohammed says the the outcome of the investigation will determine government’s  next course of action.

Multichoice/DSTV has declined to comment, saying the media will be properly briefed shortly.

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