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Midzi death mystery remains unresolved
17 Jun 2015 at 07:14hrs | Views
THE cause of former Energy minister Amos Midzi's death last week remains a mystery with no firm confirmation that he committed suicide.
The former Harare Zanu-PF chairman's brother Stanley told NewsDay that the family was still waiting for the police to conclude investigations.
"We cannot comment before investigations are concluded. We would rather wait for the toxicology results to be availed to us before we can comment on whether we are happy or not," Stanley said.
"There might be areas we will likely be happy or unhappy with, but it will be premature for us to pre-empt the process. It will defeat the whole purpose of investigation."
Stanley said the family was satisfied with the manner police were conducting the investigations.
Midzi was found dead in his car last week shortly after he had been slapped with a five-year suspension by Zanu-PF and reduced to an ordinary card-carrying member.
He was among the over 140 officials either fired or suspended for working with ousted former Vice-President Joice Mujuru to allegedly topple President Robert Mugabe.
Initial reports were that Midzi might have committed suicide after police recovered poisonous substances and sleeping tablets in his car.
A post-mortem conducted last week concluded that Midzi died of poisoning.
The former Harare Zanu-PF chairman's brother Stanley told NewsDay that the family was still waiting for the police to conclude investigations.
"We cannot comment before investigations are concluded. We would rather wait for the toxicology results to be availed to us before we can comment on whether we are happy or not," Stanley said.
"There might be areas we will likely be happy or unhappy with, but it will be premature for us to pre-empt the process. It will defeat the whole purpose of investigation."
Stanley said the family was satisfied with the manner police were conducting the investigations.
Midzi was found dead in his car last week shortly after he had been slapped with a five-year suspension by Zanu-PF and reduced to an ordinary card-carrying member.
He was among the over 140 officials either fired or suspended for working with ousted former Vice-President Joice Mujuru to allegedly topple President Robert Mugabe.
Initial reports were that Midzi might have committed suicide after police recovered poisonous substances and sleeping tablets in his car.
A post-mortem conducted last week concluded that Midzi died of poisoning.
Source - newsday
