POPULAR preacher Nixon Chibuzor Ohizu, 46, the leader of
Empowerment Ministries Church along Seke Road, Harare, has been arrested on
allegations of bribery.
He allegedly tried
to bribe National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) officials to reverse the cancellation
of a lease agreement between his church and NRZ.
Ohizu was not asked to plead to the allegations when he
appeared before Harare magistrate Richard Ramaboa last week.
He was remanded out of custody to October 1 on $10 000 bail
and was ordered to surrender his passport.
Allegations are that
on August 19, Ohizu went to NRZ offices where he found two high ranking
officials, Colonel Nyabambi and Clive Ncube.
He allegedly tried to bribe the two officials to reverse
the cancellation of a lease agreement between his church and NRZ served on him
on August 7.
The two NRZ officials reportedly accepted a bribe offer of
US$2 000 and he left the premises to collect the money. The officials reportedly notified the police
and a trap was set.
He allegedly gave US$2 000 to Ncube in $100 denominations,
money which is being held as exhibit.
Prosecutor Sabastian
Mutizirwa appeared for the State. Daily News
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