Corruption within: ACB arrests court officials
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested two Mzuzu High Court officers, Assistant Sheriff Officer Victor Thumbiko Nyirenda and Court Marshal Raniger Simbeye, in connection with corruption and fraud allegations.
ACB Senior Public Relations Officer Gift Chisusu Mhone confirmed the arrests in a statement.
Mhone said Nyirenda faces three counts: misuse of public office, soliciting a bribe, and theft by a public servant.
He said the suspect failed to account for K1.1 million received from a judgment debtor and solicited K30,000 to influence a Magistrate.
His accomplice, Simbeye, faces two counts of giving false information to an ACB officer and forging a receipt.
He allegedly claimed to have handed over K500,000 to a judgment creditor and forged a receipt to support the claim.
In a separate matter, Mhone said Nyirenda was re-arrested on October 28, 2026, for allegedly abusing his office to benefit Magistrate Godfrey Nyirenda by facilitating the unlawful sale of a motor vehicle seized by the Sheriff’s office.
