Opposition pleads for SADC intervention as MP is abducted; says members’ security is compromised
By Staff Reporter
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has called on SADC to table Zimbabweâs âcrisisâ emanating from the disputed elections after another member was allegedly abducted and tortured.
According to CCC lawmaker Amos Chibaya, youth quota representative in the National Assembly, Takudzwa Ngadziore was abducted and tortured before being dumped naked in Mazowe.
Ngadziore is said to have been assisted by a passer-by who proceeded to clothe him with a work suit.
â Pictures of tortured @CCCZimbabwe MP @ngadziore who was abducted earlier today pic.twitter.com/WOPIxpZ6rR
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He becomes the latest victim of abduction barely two weeks after former Mabvuku-Tafara MP James Chidhakwa was abducted, tortured and later dumped along Arcturus Road .
âHonourable Ngadziore was abducted while on his way to the parliament.
âHe was abducted at a gunpoint. this adds to surging politically motivated violence and targeted abductions,â said Chibaya.
According to Chibaya, another CCC councillor Womberai Nhende was also abducted.
âThe pattern of injections is a big worry to us, all of them were injected with an unknown substance. A systematic way to eliminate those who differ from Zanu PF.
âWe have a political crisis in Zimbabwe arising out of a disputed election of 23 August 2023.
âIf an MP can be abducted in broad daylight in the capital city think of our activists all over the country who are being victimized for being CCC,â he added.
Chibaya called on the police to investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to book.
âWe appeal to the law enforcement agencies, particularly the police to investigate this issue with urgency and due diligence
âWe reject the brazen attempt to turn Zimbabwe into a pariah republic.
âWe are aware that SADC is meeting on the 4th of November to deliberate among other issues such as developments in Zimbabwe.
âWe call for Zimbabweâs return to democracy and full respect of the law,â said Chibaya.