Angue Benjamin
Nchama (34) was convicted of violating the Immigration Act, which prohibits
staying in Zimbabwe without a valid visitor’s certificate.
Bulawayo
magistrate Mr Ernest Muzembe fined the accused US$100 and additionally
suspended four months of imprisonment. He ordered that Nchama be deported back
to Equatorial Guinea. In passing sentence, Mr Muzembe stated that Nchama did
not have a permit to continue residing in Zimbabwe. He added that this was a
strict liability offence, meaning that whether Nchama intended to commit the
offence did not need to be proved.
Mr Muzembe also
noted that Nchama posed a security threat, according to Mr Godfrey Kondo, the
Chief Immigration Officer. “His continued presence in Zimbabwe could pose a
threat to national security,” he said.
Mr Muzembe
further mentioned that Nchama’s girlfriend’s mother had applied for a
protection order against him, as he had been violent towards her.
The allegations
presented by State prosecutor Mr Mehluli Ndlovu state that Nchama, who was a
student at Bulawayo Polytechnic College, migrated to Zimbabwe in September 2014
from Equatorial Guinea through Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.
“The accused’s
student permit expired on 17 January 2025 after several extensions. After the
expiry of his permit, he failed to renew it and remained in Zimbabwe without a
permit,” said Mr Ndlovu.
The matter came
to light when Nchama was in Harare on attachment, after being taken to court by
his girlfriend’s mother, Ms Gertrude Makwamba, who applied for and obtained a
protection order against him.
Ms Makwamba
approached the Harare Civil Court seeking the protection order against Nchama,
who allegedly blamed and assaulted her for not grooming her daughter properly.
She told the court that Nchama accused her of hiring men to sleep with her
daughter. Nchama is alleged to have assaulted Ms Makwamba, accusing her of not
properly grooming her daughter. Chronicle
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