By Chisomo Phiri
One of the country’s renowned female comedians Tamia Ja real name Hannah Jabes is being kept in police custody at Lingadzi Police Station in the capital Lilongwe over theft allegations.
Lingadzi Police Station Publicist Cassim Manda confirmed the arrest on Thursday afternoon.
Said Manda:”I can confirm that we have arrested Hannah Jabes, aka Tamia Ja, over theft allegations.
“She was arrested a few days ago after our officers received a complaint from a certain businessperson that Tamia Ja allegedly defrauded him of his K8, 000,000 after he mistakenly sent the cash to her account, which he wanted to send to someone.”
According to Manda, at first, the suspect acknowledged receipt of the money and told the complainant that she was travelling to South Africa and would do the transactions when she gets back.
“After that, Jabes started showing perverse behavior by not being willing to send back the money until her arres,” added Manda.
Tamia is popular on Facebook and TikTok where she regularly posts comedy skits.
