MDC Alliance co-principal, Tendai Biti has petitioned the
High Court seeking an order for the release of his Toyota Landcruiser from
Southerton Police Station, claiming the vehicle was impounded by unknown men
from his grandmother’s house in Greendale last month.
The politician filed an urgent chamber application at the
High Court on August 27, 2018, citing the officer-in-charge (OIC) Southerton
Police Station, Chief Superintendent Nyabasa and the Police
Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga as respondents, respectively.
In his founding affidavit, Biti said his application was
seeking an order for restoring the status quo.
“This is an application made on an urgent basis for the
restoration of my (Biti) movable property, specifically a silver Toyota
Landcruiser, 2010 model, registration number ADI 2870,” Biti said.
“I submit that I have a clear and lawful right to the
vehicle being held by the first respondent (OIC Southerton Police Station). It
is registered in my name; it was forcibly removed from 19 Waverly Road,
Greendale, Harare. There was no legal basis for its removal and there is no
legal basis to withhold same from me either.”
In his narration of events, Biti said about a month ago,
four men in a black Toyota Hilux went to his grandmother’s Greendale home.
He said they enquired about a Toyota Landcruiser that was
parked in the yard and they were told by the domestic worker that he (Biti) had
parked it and that he was not using it that particular day.
Biti claimed the men returned to the house the same day
with a tow-truck and demanded that the gates to his grandmother’s residence be
opened.
“The now five men together with the driver of the tow truck
caused my vehicle to be lifted on to the tow-truck . . . I was not present when
these individuals removed my vehicle. I became aware of what transpired when I
received a frantic phone call from my driver,” he said.
“I do not know who the men were and to date, I still do not
know and what the reasons were for removing the vehicle. It remains unclear as
to why the vehicle was removed in a movie style heist.
“On August 22, 2018 it (the vehicle) was located at
Southerton Police Station. I immediately approached my legal practitioners of
record and a letter was written to the second respondent (Chief Superintendent
Nyabasa) and copied to the first respondent but both refused to sign, stating
the matter was out of their hands. This letter went unanswered hence this
application before the court.”
The matter is pending. Newsday
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