THE case in which Samantha Kureya, popularly known as
Gonyeti, is claiming to have been abducted could soon crumble amid reports that
the comedienne and her family have not made any follow-up on police
investigations into the matter. There is strong suspicion that the alleged
abduction on the night of August 22 was stage-managed for political expediency
or to raise the stock of the controversial drama queen.
The 34-year-old made an initial report at Marimba Police
Station on the night she claimed to have been abducted by “masked gunmen” from
No. 34 Mbada Street, Mufakose, where she was staying.
Interestingly, no member of her family, including her
mother, Miriam Mavhudzi (52), has made a follow-up to ascertain who could have
been behind the said abductions.
Gonyeti has not returned home since she left hospital, as
she has reportedly gone into hiding.
Her siblings said they never made a follow-up on the matter
and had no clue on when they will engage the police over their findings,
despite the serious nature of the case.
Gonyeti’s mother confirmed that no follow-up has been made.
“I have never been to the police and I personally did not
lodge any report with the police. My daughters were the ones who went to the
police.”
Asked whether they lodged a complaint with the police about
the harassment they reportedly went through, Mrs Mavhudzi said: “We did not
report in that way because we were all in panic. Samantha and Felistas
(Gonyeti’s sister) were the ones who went to report that they were assaulted. I
do not think we will make such a report as we are grateful to God that my
daughter is alive and safe now.”
Mrs Mavhudzi said Gonyeti neither screamed nor made any
efforts to alert their neighbours of the ‘danger’ she was faced with.
She revealed that they did not inform their neighbours of
what had happened to her daughter and that masked gun-toting men had entered
their yard.
“We never thought of it,” she said. Mrs Mavhudzi said she saw two cars which were parked
outside their gate, which were white and red in colour.
Gonyeti’s sister Felistas, also confirmed that they have
not engaged the police to find out progress on their investigations.
Felistas said she had no clue or harbour any intentions of
finding out on what police discovered from their findings. This was despite her claims that they were no longer
feeling safe at their house.
“I made an assault report at police and I have never
followed it up. It is unfortunate that I do not have the IR number with me, but
I told the police that the men assaulted me,” she said.
Felistas revealed that Gonyeti has not yet reconnected with
the rest of the family since her discharge from hospital last Saturday.
Efforts to get a comment from the artist were fruitless as
her mobile phone was unreachable.
Although her account of what happened on the day of the
alleged abduction was different from that of her mother, Felistas, claimed her
sister was bundled into either a white RAV4 or a red Nissan X-trail, which she
saw parked outside their yard.
In her recorded narration while in hospital bed, Gonyeti
claims that one of the cars was an Isuzu.
Contrary to their mother’s assertion that her son Nigel
went to open the door for the ‘abductors’, Felistas claims she is the one who
responded to the knock.
Felistas also chronicled how they managed to assist her
sister after she was reportedly dumped in Crowborough.
“I received some ‘call me back’ text messages on my phone
and when I called the number, it was when Gonyeti told me that she was at
Crowborough Phase 3 shops. I then accompanied the police to the shops where I
found her in the company of two other women, who had assisted her,” she said.
Asked whether she managed to get the names of the women who
assisted Gonyeti on the day in question and their contacts details, Felistas
said:
“I lost the number when my phone’s battery lost power. It
is unfortunate that we did not get the names of the women. All we were more
concerned about was the safety of my sister,” she said.
Lawyers from the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, who are
handling Gonyeti’s matter, said the comediene is yet to give them instructions
on how to proceed with the matter.
“We were only been following her when she was receiving
medical attention. We have not yet received instructions from her, so there is
nothing we have done yet,” said Tinomudaishe Shoko from (ZHRC).
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul
Nyathi said investigations into Gonyeti’s case were still underway. Herald
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