FORMER Nkana and Zesco United striker Idris Mbombo has been convicted by the Ndola magistrate court for the offense of giving false information to an Immigration officer.
Mbombo, a Congolese by nationality may have to spend the next six months in jail should he fail to pay the K6,000 fine slapped on him.
In a statement availed by the Department of Immigration Public Relations officer Namati Nshinka, Mbombo, 27 was apprehended on May 27.
“The Ndola Regional Immigration has secured the conviction of a 27-year-old Congolese Footballer, Idris Ilunga Mbombo, for giving false information to an Immigration Officer and obstruction contrary to sections 52(4)(a) and 53(1) of the Immigration and Deportation Act No. 18 of 2010 of the Laws of Zambia, respectively.
“The former Nkana player was apprehended on 27th May 2023 during a routine operation conducted in Ndola’s Mitengo Residential Area. During the operation, Mr. Mbombo refused to identify himself to the Officers, claiming that he did not know where his passport was.
“Instead, he exhibited very violent behaviour leaving the Officers no choice but to take him into police custody. While at Kansenshi Police Station, he produced his Congolese passport, which had been in his possession all along,” Nshinka stated.
The goal poacher appeared before the Ndola Magistrate Court on 29th June 2023, where he was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of K 6,000 or, in default, six months simple imprisonment for both counts.
