Since the beginning of this matter, DIRCO has not engaged with us, nor has it engaged adequately with the South African public or media. This absence of transparency has left a vacuum of accountability, raising serious questions about the role of your department in facilitating and managing what has now become a highly sensitive diplomatic and legal issue.

For record purposes, allow us to note the timeline of events:

4 August 2025: The Lungu family brought their case before the Pretoria High Court. The matter was dismissed, and the Zambian government’s right to repatriate the body was upheld.

8 September 2025: The family then approached the Constitutional Court. Once again, the case was dismissed, with the court refusing to entertain what it considered baseless litigation.

September 2025: The matter has now escalated further, with the family seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein.

At every stage, South Africa’s courts have thrown out these cases. Yet the family continues to exploit our judiciary, and their cases appear to be given urgent prioritization despite their lack of merit. This irregular situation is not only an abuse of process but also a drain on our judicial resources.

Minister, we ask directly:

Why has DIRCO remained silent since this matter began?

What message does this silence seem to send to South Africans and Zambians about how our government handles matters of international sensitivity

How is DIRCO verifying the authenticity of the circumstances around Lungu’s reported death and ensuring proper diplomatic protocols are followed?

We reiterate: this family cannot be allowed to keep bouncing from one South African court to another, while their cases are given precedence over domestic matters affecting South Africans. This silence from your department risks suggesting complicity or negligence.

We urge DIRCO to urgently break its silence, clarify its position, and engage transparently with civil society and the South African people. Failure to do so only deepens mistrust in institutions tasked with safeguarding our sovereignty and integrity.

We request your formal response within seven (7) working days.

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Buhari served as Nigeria’s democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023, becoming the first person in the country’s history to defeat a sitting president at the ballot box. His win over Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 was hailed as one of Nigeria’s fairest elections and marked a major moment in the country’s democratic journey.

Before his democratic era, Buhari had already made his mark on the nation decades earlier, taking power as a military ruler in 1983 following a coup. With a reputation for discipline and an anti-corruption stance, he quickly earned both admiration and criticism.

As a civilian president, Buhari styled himself a “converted democrat” who had swapped his military uniform for traditional kaftans and prayer caps. “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody,” he often told Nigerians, signaling a vision of impartial leadership.

Yet despite early hopes, his time in office was marked by mixed results. Many Nigerians grew frustrated with the pace of change. His slow approach to governance—particularly his six-month delay in appointing a cabinet after taking office—earned him the nickname “Baba Go Slow.”

During his tenure, insecurity worsened. While Buhari had been expected to quell armed violence, unrest spread beyond the northeast to other regions, with kidnappings, insurgency, and separatist tensions escalating. Nigeria also fell into its first recession in a generation under his watch, partly due to falling oil prices.

Born on December 17, 1942, in Daura, Katsina State, Buhari joined the military at age 19 and eventually rose to the rank of major-general. After seizing power in 1983, he launched a campaign to straighten up a mismanaged nation, known for its strict policies—from economic decisions to everyday discipline like orderly bus queues.

His regime made global headlines in 1984 when it was linked to a failed attempt to kidnap a former Nigerian minister in the UK—a plot foiled at the airport when customs officials discovered the abducted man hidden in a crate.

That stint in power lasted only 18 months before he was ousted by General Ibrahim Babangida. Over the next three decades, Buhari remained a fixture in Nigerian politics, contesting several elections before his eventual presidential win in 2015.

Buhari leaves behind a legacy of discipline, anti-corruption advocacy, and a complex presidency that sparked both hope and disappointment in equal measure.

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