The 37-year-old has been on the run for the past two years.
On the fateful day in April 2021, suspect, who was a car dealer, approached his
second wife, Nyasha Nharingo, and her suspected lover Shelton Chinhango — also
a car dealer — who was seated in a minibus parked outside a flat in Gweru’s
central business district (CBD), where she lived.
He fatally shot Shelton at close range and turned the gun
on his second wife’s best friend, Gamuchirai Mudungwe, whom he shot in the
chest. She died instantly.
He went on to shoot Nyasha and her sister Nyaradzo, who
were later rushed to hospital. After the shootings, he reportedly fled the
country to South Africa, before relocating to Eswatini, where he changed his
identity to Xolile Mtsali. From Eswatini, he travelled to Ireland, where he
sought asylum. He was then arrested in Ireland on June 14 this year after our
Harare Bureau’s exposé of how he and his family changed identities before
seeking asylum.
He was nabbed at a refugee facility in Dublin, before being
convicted by a Dublin District Court for violating that country’s immigration
laws. However, sources said during his court appearance, Dube reportedly
claimed to be a Mozambican national and produced an identity document as proof
of his nationality. The new alias he assumed could not be immediately
established.
“He enjoyed the
benefit of doubt, as the Zimbabwe authorities took long to prove that Dube was
a Zimbabwean. When the documentation was later delivered to the Irish authorities,
it was too late as Dube had already been deported to Mozambique. The warrant of
arrest request that was issued by Zimbabwe was then overtaken by events, as
there was need to prove that Dube was a Zimbabwean national before he could be
repatriated back to Zimbabwe. He then took advantage of the red tape in
processing the documents and claimed to be Mozambican, since he also had some
identification particulars of that country.”
The ZRP, through Interpol, are now making efforts to have
Dube extradited back into the country from Mozambique. Police spokesperson
Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed that Dube was now in Mozambique.
After skipping the country in 2021, Dube is understood to
have joined a syndicate involved in producing fake identity documents in South
Africa and Eswatini.
The syndicate is believed to have assisted him to acquire
Mozambican identity particulars, which he later used in Ireland when he
appeared in court. Sunday Mail
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