{"id":82600,"date":"2026-04-25T20:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death"},"modified":"2026-04-25T20:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:51:24","slug":"suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death","title":{"rendered":"Suspicion and Succession After Lungu&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Suspicion and Succession: Questions Mount Over Lungu\u2019s Death and Malukula\u2019s Rapid Power Bid, Coincidence??\ud83e\udd14\ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>The first thing new recruits at the FBI are taught is that there is no such thing as coincidence. When something doesn\u2019t add up, the instinct may be to dismiss it\u2014but investigators are trained to look closer, not look away.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, questions continue to surround the circumstances following the death of former President Edgar Lungu. Malukula has restricted access to the body and has not publicly disclosed details about the cause of death. At the same time, he moved quickly to announce his intention to run for president\u2014despite the late former leader\u2019s well-known desire to return to office, even after a Constitutional Court ruling deemed him ineligible.<\/p>\n<p>His actions since then have raised further scrutiny. He has actively campaigned against allowing the Zambian government to accord the former president a state burial, offering reasons that many observers find unclear. Additionally, he has been engaged in legal battles, including a case in South Africa that was dismissed after key documents were not filed in time.<\/p>\n<p>These developments have led some to question the sequence of events\u2014particularly the speed of his political declaration following Lungu\u2019s death and the subsequent support he has received within party structures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. Suspicion and Succession: Questions Mount Over Lungu\u2019s Death and Malukula\u2019s Rapid Power Bid, Coincidence??\ud83e\udd14\ud83d\ude33 The first thing new recruits at the FBI are taught is that there is no such thing as coincidence. When something doesn\u2019t add up, the instinct may be to dismiss it\u2014but investigators are trained to look closer, not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":82599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-82600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suspicion and Succession After Lungu&#039;s Death - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Suspicion and Succession: Questions Mount Over Lungu\u2019s Death and Malukula\u2019s Rapid Power Bid, Coincidence??\ud83e\udd14\ud83d\ude33 The first ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspicion and Succession After Lungu&#039;s Death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Suspicion and Succession: Questions Mount Over Lungu\u2019s Death and Malukula\u2019s Rapid Power Bid, Coincidence??\ud83e\udd14\ud83d\ude33 The first ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-25T20:43:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-25T20:51:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777150138.724355.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Suspicion and Succession After Lungu&#8217;s Death\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-25T20:43:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-25T20:51:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death\"},\"wordCount\":237,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777150138.724355.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/suspicion-and-succession-after-lungus-death\",\"name\":\"Suspicion and Succession After Lungu's Death - 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