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Tundu Lissu released after being interrogated by police

Tundu Lissu, Tanzania's former MP with the Chadema main opposition party, reacts to supporters as he returns after three years in exile, at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam on July 27, 2020. Police arrested and questioned him on November 2, 2020. PHOTO | AFP

By  Steve Omondi

Web Editor

Nation Media Group

Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu was released Monday after being held briefly by the police.


The party late on Monday evening, in a tweet, said that Lissu has been freed after being interrogated by the police for more than two hours.

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