Senior MDC Alliance member and Masvingo Mayor Collen Maboke
is representing Zanu PF youth accused of violently locking Bikita engineer out
of his office recently.
Maboke managed to get the accused, Masvingo Zanu PF
province deputy youth chairperson Tichaona Mandebvu, co-coordinator Isaac
Mashanda and several other youth free bail at Bikita Magistrates Court
recently.
This is not the first time that MDC lawyers have received
thumbs down for representing Zanu PF activists accused of breaking the law.
Party faithfuls have in the past questioned lawyers like MDC deputy president
Tendai Biti for representing the likes of Ignatius Chombo in serious corruption
charges. MDC national vice chairman Job Sikhala is also representing former
Foreign Affairs Minister, Walter Mzembi who is also facing corruption
allegations.
Maboke said he represented the youths because they hail
from the same area in Bikita which is under threat should Council continue its
double allocation of land, when asked for a comment.
The youth are being charged for disorderly behaviour.
The case was heard by Caroline Tafira. All accused were
released on free bail except Mashanda who was fined $300 and the matter was
postponed to a later date.
The youths locked Bikita RDC offices and brought business
to a standstill after parents at Mbuya Nehanda Primary School withdrew their
children from the school amid revelations that council pegged commercial stands
inside school premises. Masvingo Mirror
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