They were remanded in custody. Newsday reports that the
suspects were exposed after they targeted some mines in which prominent
Bulawayo lawyer Dumisani Dube is an interested party.
The three were arrested after Dube went to Harare and
engaged President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, Sean and the Attorney-General’s
Office following endless extortion raids against mining firms in which Dube is
an interested party.
In his statement, Dube said Sean disowned the gang and he
told him to report it. Allegations are that in February this year, Jaja visited
Dube’s office and introduced himself as former Officer-in-Charge Beitbridge
police who was now attached to the President’s Office as a member of the Police
Protection Unit.
He claimed to have been deployed to Sean’s security team,
with Mangi as his immediate boss in the Office of the President.
They said mining claims would be cancelled unless a
protection fee of US$300 000 was paid to Sean, their boss. Dube said he refused
to pay.
“A month later, on April 24, 2024, I was appointed
corporate rescue practitioner of Fools Investment (Pvt) Ltd by Master of High
Court under CRPB 1/24.The accused subsequently came to my office claiming to be
directors of Fools Investment and demanded US$200 000 each. Jaja showed me an
official card from the Office of the President as his identification,” the
statement read.
Dube gave them US$4 000 and US$1 800 in the presence of
Pemba and Daka after they threatened to kill him. In total, they extorted US$55
300 from Dube on several occasions.
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