MALAWI: Former president says “innocent” of graft

Malawi’s former president denied on Tuesday any wrongdoing in a corruption scandal that erupted when she was in office, saying she will be going back to the southern African nation to prove her innocence.  Joyce Banda is wanted for arrest over alleged abuse of office and money-laundering offences, police said on Monday.  Banda, who was […]

Malawi’s former president denied on Tuesday any wrongdoing in a corruption scandal that erupted when she was in office, saying she will be going back to the southern African nation to prove her innocence. 

Joyce Banda is wanted for arrest over alleged abuse of office and money-laundering offences, police said on Monday.  Banda, who was Malawi’s president for two years from 2012, left the country when she lost in an election to Peter Mutharika. 

“I will be coming back because I never did anything wrong and I am innocent,” Banda told Reuters in a telephone interview from South Africa.