It has since emerged that Dube, who was recently convicted
in Ireland of violating immigration laws before being deported to Mozambique
after he claimed to be a citizen of that country, had recently assumed another
alias — Armando Quenete Muchanga.
Dube is understood to have fraudulently acquired a passport
wherein he claimed to have been born on June 21, 1985.
He is wanted by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in
connection with two fatal shootings and an attempted murder case in Gweru on
April 23, 2021.
Currently, Dube is in the custody of Mozambican authorities
pending investigations into how he acquired the passport that saw him assuming
the new identity.
Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi
confirmed the latest development.
“He was using a passport with the name Armando Quenete
Muchanga with date of birth as June 21, 1985. He is currently in custody
pending further investigations. He will also undergo due court processes that
will allow his extradition back into the country,” he said.
The Southern African Development Community has a protocol
on extradition of suspects among member states.
According to Article 2 of the protocol titled “Obligation
to Extradite”, “each state party agrees to extradite to the other, in
accordance with the provisions of this protocol and their respective domestic
law, any person within its jurisdiction who is wanted for prosecution or the
imposition or enforcement of a sentence in the Requesting State for an
extraditable offence.”
Last week, Asst Comm Nyathi confirmed that the Zimbabwe
Republic Police, through Interpol, were making efforts to have Dube extradited
back into the country from Mozambique.
On April 23, 2021, Dube, 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, where she lived.
He then allegedly fatally shot Shelton at close range
before turning the gun on his second wife’s best friend, Gamuchirai Mudungwe,
whom he also shot in the chest.
She died instantly.
Dube allegedly went on to shoot Nyasha and her sister
Nyaradzo, who were later rushed to hospital.
After the shootings, he reportedly fled 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
The Sunday Mail exposé on how he and his family changed identities before
seeking asylum.
Dube was arrested at a refugee facility in Dublin, before
being convicted by the Dublin District Court for violating that country’s
immigration laws.
Sources said during his court appearance, Dube claimed to
be a Mozambican and produced his passport as proof of his nationality.
“He enjoyed the benefit of doubt, as the Zimbabwe
authorities took long to prove that Dube was a Zimbabwean,” said a source.
“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.”
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. Sunday Mail
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