Zanu-PF youths leaders arrested

Top Zanu-PF officials were on Wednesday arrested for allegedly defrauding more than 15 000 farmers of their hard-earned cash through a dubious inputs scheme.

Police arrested Zanu-PF director for youth affairs and indigenisation Tapiwa Zengeya and Patience Chipere - one of the directors of Lasch Investments - a company engaged to supply farmers with some inputs.

Police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the arrests saying two other people wanted in connection with the case were on the run.

Zanu-PF secretary for administration Ignatius Chombo condemned the corrupt conduct of the officials saying the party would take necessary disciplinary measures.  

Zengeya has since resigned from his post and requested redeployment to another portfolio after he was implicated in the inputs scandal.