Chegutu West sitting Member of Parliament, Dexter Nduna
accused his rival Farai Chigavazira of hiring thugs to beat up his supporters
attending a campaign meeting.
“They disrupted our gathering and assaulted my supporters.
One of my campaign team members was abducted, drugged and tortured and we fear
she may also have been raped. Police in Chegutu have refused to open a docket
and the perpetrators have not been arrested,” Nduna claimed.
“I have lodged an official complaint against the said
police officers through Commissioner General Godwin Matanga. President Emmerson
Mnangagwa is preaching unity and said no to violence. We appeal to our rivals
to allow us to campaign peacefully.”
In another letter of complaint against Chegutu police
addressed to Provincial Affairs minister Mary Mliswa, Nduna said: “The lady
raped and brutalised has been refused the opportunity to make a police report
with the DISPOL [officer commanding district] saying the Chigavariza team has come to report
first, therefore, the rape report and malicious damage to the property of my
team cannot be entertained.
“It’s now been a full 24 hours and the victim (now turned
into an accused person) is still in police custody without a police report and
medical attention.”
Chigavazira, however, accused Nduna of the same charges.
“I was at a rally in ward 24 in Chegutu West when a group
of gangsters came and started assaulting us. They had machetes and some of my
supporters were badly injured. We did not retaliate. If we retaliated, someone
could have died,” Chigavazira said.
Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said
he was yet to receive the report.
On Monday, Zanu PF said aspiring candidates involved in
violence would be disqualified.
Zanu PF has since disqualified Harare provincial commissar
Kudakwashe Damson for allegedly beating up a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
(Zec) official who was part of a Zec team that was conducting a voter education exercise in
Epworth last week. Newsday
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— Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼 (@advocatemahere) March 22, 2023
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