He was by last night still assisting police with
investigations. Addressing a rally in Bikita over the weekend, Sikhala said his
party would overthrow the Government before 2023.
“We are a committed leadership that will give Zanu-PF
headaches and (Amos) Chibaya was not lying or joking about the war and fight we
are going to take to the doorstep of Emmerson Mnangagwa. We are going to
overthrow him before 2023, that is not a joke,” he said.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul
Nyathi confirmed the arrest.
“We can confirm that Job Sikhala has been arrested for
contravening Section 22 (2) (a) of the Criminal law (Codification and Reform)
Act (Chapter 9:23) and will be appearing in court tomorrow,” he said.
MDC also confirmed the development on their website.
“Hon vice chair Sikhala has been charged with contravening
Section 22(2)(a) of the Criminal Code; Subverting a Constitutionally Elected
Government. A warned and cautioned statement has been recorded from him and he
will appear in court tomorrow,” the party said.
On Monday, Secretary for Information, Publicity and
Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana said the undermining of a legitimate
authority was a serious crime.
In a statement yesterday, MDC deputy national spokesperson
Mr Luke Tamborinyoka said they had “noted with deep worry and concern” that
Sikhala’s statements made during the rally in Bikita East over the weekend had
caused uproar and they wished to clarify their position regarding the same.
“It is the party’s view that Hon Sikhala’s views as
expressed at the rally and widely quoted in the Press were his own personal
opinions, which we believe have been misconstrued and misinterpreted.
“For the record, the MDC believes in constitutional,
peaceful, democratic, non-violent and legal means of resolving the national
crisis. We have never been perpetrators of illegality and non-violence. If
anything, we have always been the victims,” he said.
The MDC has, however, since its inception in 1999 has been
cultivating a culture of violence and their agenda is to make the country
ungovernable.
In January, MDC and its associates in the non-governmental
sector, using social media, instigated violence that left a trail of
destruction worth millions of dollars in Harare, Bulawayo and other cities
after its hooligans barricaded roads, burnt cars and stormed schools where they
beat up teachers. They looted supermarkets, stoned or torched police and
private vehicles and buses. They also beat up police officers trying to ensure
law and order.
In May while addressing a congress, current MDC leader
Nelson Chamisa suggested that there will be bloodshed throughout the country
after his party’s congress. Herald
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