The case, reported at Avondale Police Station on February 17,
had appeared to have gone cold amid reports that Chimombe and the victim’s
relatives had engaged in a process to settle out of court.
However, Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi told Zim Morning
Post that the case could only be settled by the National Prosecuting Authority.
“With questions regarding the status of Police
investigations on Mike Chimombe’s alleged attempted Rape case, please be
advised that Mike Chimombe was questioned by Police and full docket was
compiled,” Nyathi said.
“The docket is now with the National Prosecutor General’s
office. The Complainant has been duly advised to approach the Courts if she
intends to withdraw the charges,” he added.
One of Harare’s biggest spenders Chimombe, famed for
washing his hands with champagne and living the life of extravagant parties, is
fighting to maintain his integrity after a police report was filed under RRB
46282481 in which Zanu PF Mashonaland West official Abigail Gava backed by
several complainants alleged that Chimombe had attempted to rape a teenage girl
(name withheld).
The Zanu PF national youth league indigenisation and
empowerment secretary, is said to have earlier forced the girl to record him as
he had sex, at a Harare Lodge, with a woman identified as his second wife.
Quizzed over the allegations on Friday, Chimombe denied any
wrongdoing. He, however, declined to respond to questions surrounding the
legality of the process to settle out of court.
Principal complaint of the February 17 report, Gava did not
respond to questions sent to her mobile phone, despite the WhatsApp messages
showing that they had been read.
A man who later picked up Gava’s phone call from Zim
Morning Post said the phone number did not belong to Gava, perhaps a suggestion
that the two warring parties were now on talking terms.
“I don’t know any
person who was raped or any attempted rape, you have the wrong Gava. If I want
to protect my …(relative) I will protect without the inclusion of the media.
Please do not call my number again,” he said.
A quick search on the Ecocash platform proved that it was
Abigail Gava’s phone number. Businessman-cum-socialite,
Chimombe was briefly on the run after a police report was filed at Avondale
Police Station under RRB 46282481 on the Wednesday of February 17.
As police tracked him down, he emerged on February 19,
announcing that he had contracted Covid-19, a development which ceased the
police search and saw him go into mandatory quarantine for two weeks.
Following, Chimombe’s recovery, police sources say the case
was shifted from one office to another without any finality.
Under RRB 46282481, complainants had made scathing
allegations against Chimombe, a Zanu PF Youth League official, alleging a dark
world of sex orgies, incest and deceit. In recorded statements, it is alleged
that sometime in November 2020, Chimombe lured a teenage girl (name withheld)
to Primrose mews – a Harare lodge – where he asked her to film him as he had
steamy sex with his lover. It was
further alleged that on another day, he again lured the girl to the same Harare
lodge, and working in connivance with his lover, requested the girl to join
them for a three-some.
Chimombe kissed the girl in question and caressed her as he
attempted to turn her on but she managed to wrestle free from his grip before
fleeing, it is alleged. Chimombe denies
the charges.
In the following week after the report was filed, Gava
clashed with Chimombe after tracking him and chasing him down. “The two
scuffled when Abigail confronted him over the allegations,” a close family
source said.
Police then made strenuous efforts to locate Chimombe but
he was evasive, only to later announce that he had contracted Covid-19 after
being tested at a Harare hospital, a day after the report had been filed.
A top Zanu PF official and businessman (name withheld) was
said to have tried to offered money to the victim’s relatives from making a
police report.
While the initial offer was turned down, it appears the
warring parties are now locked up negotiations. However, police say the matter
will be determined in court. Zim Morning
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