Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for the Central Region, Alfred Gangata, has disowned a letter in which he is alleged to be threatening and intimidating human rights activist and private practice lawyer, Alexious Kamangila.
In the fake letter, Gangata is said to be demanding that Kamangila must remove the defamatory post about him [Gangata] on his [Kamangila] Facebook page.
He is also alleged to have cautioned the lawyer against making further false and damaging accusations against him lest he risks putting his future at risk.
But in an interview, Gangata, who is also a businessman, said he was equally shocked to be associated with the letter in which the language is nothing, but threats and intimidation.
“It’s very unfortunate that some people have chosen to take that path to dent my image. I cannot do that and I urge Malawians to disregard and ignore it. The letter is not coming from me. Actually, I can’t be involved in such a practice because I am a law-abiding citizen,” he reacted.
He added: “Let me assure all Malawians, including lawyer Kamangila, that I am not the author of that malicious letter. That’s the work of my enemies.”
Gangata implored journalists to always verify information before working on their stories.
“It’s quite unfortunate that other journalists have already published stories from the fake document. I wish they could verify with me,” he said.