POLICE are investigating two cases where unknown assailants
broke into former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director-general
Happyton Bonyongwe’s offices and vehicle, getting away with documents and
cellphones.
The assailants left other valuables including money. The
attackers, believed to be Bonyongwe’s former juniors in the state spy agency,
smashed the passenger window of his car, which was parked at Sam Levy Village
in Harare on January 24, the first day that shops opened following mass street
protests that brought the country to a standstill.
They stole documents and two cellphones. The matter was
reported at Borrowdale police station.
In the second incident, unkown persons broke into his
office at Kamusasa and Musendo Legal Practitioners offices in Central Harare on
the evening of May 18. They made off with more documents.
The case was reported at Five Avenue Police Post on May 19,
2019 under case number HC2221/0519.
“There seems to be a systematic process whereby the
attackers only target his documents and leave other valuables,” a police source
said.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul
Nyathi confirmed the developments when contacted for comment on Wednesday this
week. He said investigations were in progress.
He said the police have not been able to link any suspects
to the break-ins.
“We received the two reports and we are conducting
investigations in connection to those break-ins. We hope to establish what
exactly transpired and have the possibility of picking up suspects,” Nyathi
said, refusing to give further details.
This comes hard on the heels of a series of other break-ins
targeting one of Bonyongwe’s senior lieutenants in the spy agency, former
director of security Albert Ngulube who is now Zanu PF legislator for
Beitbridge East. Ngulube was former president Robert Mugabe’s head of close
security.
He was abducted and tortured during the November 2017 coup,
which ended Mugabe’s 37-year grip on power.
Bonyongwe left the CIO in October 2017 after Mugabe
appointed him Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister. Zimbabwe
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