Mpofu claims to have handled Chamisa's case for free out of conviction

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's lead counsel in his electoral petition, Advocate Thabani Mpofu has dismissed reports that he received $500 000 in legal fees for handling the case. Mpofu said that he had taken on the case on a pro bono (no charge) basis because he believed in the case.

Asked over the allegations that he was seen smiling all the way to the bank pocketing over $500 000, Mpofu refuted the allegations.

"That's ungodly nonsense peddled by sub-humans who are capable of any species of iniquity. I have not taken any cent and am not going to take anything out of this. I acted pro bono and out of conviction and those who know me, know that when I am doing something pro bono, I do it out of conviction. I fight as if I have been promised the whole world. But what I can assure you is that I have not and will not take a cent out of this. Far be it from me that I should sin against people's dreams by protecting them for hire", said Mpofu.

He added that neither nobody charged nor nobody was paid and there are no plans to charge or to pay anyone.

Thabani Mpofu was one of Nelson Chamisa's lawyers who were at the Constitutional Court on 22 August.