
The Patrick Nyaruwata faction had all along been housed at
the Zanu PF provincial offices at Davies Hall before their latest move to take
over the offices occupied by Cephas Ncube’s ZNLWVA provincial executive.
Kennius Ndebele, the secretary for history and cultural
affairs in the national executive of the Nyaruwata-led grouping on Wednesday
said they were pushing for the eviction of the Mutsvangwa executive because of
their links to Mnangagwa.
“We believe the office should be in the hands of its
rightful owners, us who support the President [Robert Mugabe] and the First
Lady [Grace Mugabe]. We, however, are not going to use violence in trying to
take control of the office, but we will use all avenues possible, even the
courts.
“We want to write to Defence minister, Sydney Sekeramayi,
who is also our secretary advising him of our bid to take control of that
office. We want Sekeramayi to give us a go-ahead and a letter advising them to
vacate office,” Ndebele told Southern Eye after addressing war veterans, war
collaborators and ex-detainees at Davies Hall.
Last month, the High Court ordered the faction to stop
using ZNLWVA’s name and interfering in the association’s business.
Ncube yesterday urged Ndebele and his group to respect the
High Court order.
“I have said before that members of the ZNLWVA are those
that have membership cards. Do they have membership cards? They can discuss
anything about the general welfare of war veterans, but not issues to do with
the ZNLWVA,” Ncube said when contacted for comment.
“That [Entumbane] stand belongs to the ZNLWVA and not
individuals. We have been paying for that stand from the little that we get
from the government. They have never contributed a cent to that stand. The High
Court was clear that they must stay away from our business. We don’t want
lawless characters.” Newsday
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