ZANU PF party last week seized former Mashonaland East
Provincial Affairs minister Ambrose Mutinhiri’s campaign vehicle, in a move
viewed as meant to derail his campaign after he quit the ruling party and
launched the opposition National Patriotic Front (NPF).
Mutinhiri was allocated a Ford Everest car by the ruling
party while campaigning for the Marondera West parliamentary seat in 2013 on a
Zanu PF ticket, and later retained the vehicle after his victory.
The former Zipra commander confirmed yesterday that two
suspected State security agents collected the vehicle from his farm and briefly
parked it at the party offices in Marondera, before it was handed over to a
yet-to-be-identified top provincial official.
“It is true, the vehicle was taken and I do not know where
it is right now. They arrived at my place and said they had come to collect the
vehicle, saying it is needed by the government. The car is one of those we were
given during Zanu PF campaigns some years back. Two guys from the President’s
Office are the ones who took it,” he said.
Mutinhiri’s recent departure from Zanu PF and launch of NPF
has reportedly shaken top party officials, especially after former President
Robert Mugabe was linked to the new political outfit.
Efforts to get a comment from Zanu PF provincial
chairperson Joel Biggie Matiza were fruitless yesterday, as his mobile phone
went unanswered. Newsday
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