President Hakainde Hichilema has warned anyone trying to divide Zambians on tribal lines that the long arm of the law will visit them.

The President says Zambia has enjoyed peace and tranquility since independence and that he will not allow anyone to divide the peace loving Zambians.

ZANIS reports that the Head of State was speaking when he addressed scores of Ndola residents who turned up at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport to welcome him.

The President arrived in Ndola at 12:25hours for a 2-day working visit to the Copperbelt Province aboard the Presidential jet.

Speaking earlier, Copperbelt Provincial Minister, Elisha Matambo informed the President that the province was grateful that the government is   resurrecting a lot of things that were considered dead in the province such as the Shaft 28 mine in Luanshya.

Whilst in  the  province the Head of State   is expected to officially open the 2024 Copperbelt, Mining, Agricultural and Industrial Trade Expo (CAMINEX) and grace the United Party for National Development (UPND) fundraising dinner at garden court hotel.

The President is also expected to officiate at the opening of the SINO-ZAM Vocational College of Science and Technology at CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines limited.

The President is further expected to hold a meeting tomorrow with members of the clergy in Kitwe, after which he is scheduled to depart for Lusaka via Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola.