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Deputy Sheriff pounce on Makandiwa pastor
04 Jul 2012 at 06:38hrs | Views
The Deputy Sheriff has attached building materials worth thousands of dollars belonging to Jacob Tembo, a pastor at Emmanuel Makandiwa's United Family International Church (UFIC).
The property will be auctioned this Saturday. The property was attached following a High Court order on May 18 before Justice Bharat Patel in case HC 2889/11 where fuel logistics company, Igwa Enterprises Private Limited, is seeking to recover a debt amounting to $85 000 from Tembo, a former director of the firm.
Tembo was forced out of Igwa Enterprises in 2009 following a fuel scandal in which he was accused of having siphoned over 10 000 litres from the firm during the height of the fuel crisis in the country.
Then a strong member of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) and a major funder of the church's activities, Tembo left the church and became instrumental in forming UFIC.
At the time, Tembo was stripped off most of his assets which included top-of-the-range vehicles and an upmarket house.
He then resurfaced at UFIC where he is now a pastor alongside popular evangelist Makandiwa, who started out as a pastor at AFM where Tembo was also an elder.
The matter was reported to the police, but an out-of-court settlement was reached with Tembo agreeing to pay Igwa Enterprises for the fuel which he was accused of having stolen.
However, he has since failed to pay the money.
Acting on behalf of the fuel logistics firm, lawyers Kantor and Immerman obtained a writ of execution which will see property belonging to the pastor going under the hammer over the weekend.
Items attached by the Deputy Sheriff on June 12 include asbestos sheets, door frames, a grinding mill, deformed iron bars, flush doors, roofing tiles, cement, window frames, roofing timber and other building materials enough to complete an upmarket house.
The lawyers also want Tembo to pay an additional $3 500 being the cost of the suit and collection commission amounting to $5 000.
The property will be auctioned this Saturday. The property was attached following a High Court order on May 18 before Justice Bharat Patel in case HC 2889/11 where fuel logistics company, Igwa Enterprises Private Limited, is seeking to recover a debt amounting to $85 000 from Tembo, a former director of the firm.
Tembo was forced out of Igwa Enterprises in 2009 following a fuel scandal in which he was accused of having siphoned over 10 000 litres from the firm during the height of the fuel crisis in the country.
Then a strong member of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) and a major funder of the church's activities, Tembo left the church and became instrumental in forming UFIC.
At the time, Tembo was stripped off most of his assets which included top-of-the-range vehicles and an upmarket house.
The matter was reported to the police, but an out-of-court settlement was reached with Tembo agreeing to pay Igwa Enterprises for the fuel which he was accused of having stolen.
However, he has since failed to pay the money.
Acting on behalf of the fuel logistics firm, lawyers Kantor and Immerman obtained a writ of execution which will see property belonging to the pastor going under the hammer over the weekend.
Items attached by the Deputy Sheriff on June 12 include asbestos sheets, door frames, a grinding mill, deformed iron bars, flush doors, roofing tiles, cement, window frames, roofing timber and other building materials enough to complete an upmarket house.
The lawyers also want Tembo to pay an additional $3 500 being the cost of the suit and collection commission amounting to $5 000.
Source - newsday
