THE arrest of former First Lady Grace Mugabe’s elder
sister, Shuvai Junior Gumbochuma last Friday, was not without drama as police
had to engage in a 24km high-speed chase with her son, Moses, behind the wheel
as he allegedly tried to whisk her away from the law enforcement agents.
The 36-year-old lad was finally arrested together with his
mother after police summoned reinforcements and blocked their getaway car.
While his mother was promptly brought to court that same day on fraud charges
and granted $500 bail, Moses had to endure a night in police cells, only to be
brought to court on Saturday, charged with obstructing the course of justice.
Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande granted him $50 bail and
remanded the matter to September 28. Prosecutor Linda Gadzikwa told the court
that on September 14 this year, a team of detectives met Gumbochuma at an
undisclosed place outside Harare and introduced themselves.
Gumbochuma was informed of the land-related fraud charges
she was facing and the detectives told her that she was under arrest, but she
declined to be led to Harare Central Police Station.
The State alleges Gumbochuma got into her vehicle, which
was driven by her son and drove towards Harare. The detectives allegedly
followed behind the vehicle and summoned a reinforcement team comprising of
more than five detectives to intercept the accused’s vehicle.
They were stopped at the 24km-peg toll gate along the
Harare-Masvingo Highway, where Gumbochuma was ordered to disembark, but she
allegedly refused to comply as her son also defied orders to switch off the
vehicle engine.
Moses allegedly tried to drive off, but was blocked by the
detectives. It is alleged Moses started shouting that her mother was not going
anywhere and that he would not leave his mother.
This led to their arrest. Newsday
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