The incident which left fellow villagers at a loss for
words occurred last week on Saturday.
A villager who spoke to B-Metro on condition of anonymity
said Councillor Elliot Dube (age not supplied) confronted his subject Edith
Dube (65) and accused her of being irresponsible after her cows strayed into
his maize field.
“The granny did not realise that some of her cows were
missing and retired to bed but on the following day in the morning an angry
Elliot confronted her at her home and found her alone, he punched her before
attacking her several times with a log all over the body leaving her wailing in
agony on the ground,” said the villager.
Edith suffered horrific injuries to her arms and body as
she tried to ward off the vicious attack. Her family members rushed her to
Esigodini District Hospital for medical attention.
The matter was reported to the police leading to Clr Dube’s
arrest.
The incident was recorded under case number CR 85 / 01 /
23.
Efforts to get a comment from Matabeleland South police
spokesperson Inspector Loveness Mangena were fruitless.
Edith’s family spokesperson Sibahle Dube said: “A
councillor is a community leader and also a father figure. As a leader of the
community he has to be a unifier and conflict resolver. Villagers voted him
into power but now he is abusing the power bestowed upon him. It’s a shock to us
as a family that he failed to follow correct procedure in conflict resolution.”
Efforts to get a comment from Elliot were fruitless as he
was not reachable on his mobile phone. B Metro
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