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Christian Prophetic Voice of Zimbabwe condemns illegal eviction of Philip Rankin from Farm
04 Feb 2016 at 14:36hrs | Views
The Christian Prophetic Voice of Zimbabwe has condemned illegal eviction of Philip Rankin from their Kingston Deverill farm.
In a statement the organisation described the move by Zimbabwean authorities as illegal and immoral.
"The eviction by gun-wielding police of an elderly Zimbabwean commercial farmer, Phillip Rankin, and his family from their Kingston Deverill farm in the tobacco growing Centenary district of Zimbabwe on Friday January 29 has raised anger in Zimbabwe and the UK," reads the statement.
"The beneficiary of the farm, Dr Sylvester Nyatsuro, is a wealthy British doctor who is previously from Zimbabwe but has been a British citizen for a number of years and is Senior Partner at a successful medical centre in Nottingham, England."
The organisation said Rankin was handcuffed and taken from his farm by the police and the property is now guarded by police officers and the Rankins cannot return to their home, their workers or their tobacco crop.
About 20 police officials arrived on Phillip Rankin's tobacco farm in Zimbabwe to evict him on January 29, 2016. Rankin was handcuffed and taken from the property in a police vehicle.
"The eviction by gun-wielding police of an elderly Zimbabwean commercial farmer, Phillip Rankin, and his family from their Kingston Deverill farm in the tobacco growing Centenary district of Zimbabwe on Friday January 29 has raised anger in Zimbabwe and the UK," reads the statement.
"The beneficiary of the farm, Dr Sylvester Nyatsuro, is a wealthy British doctor who is previously from Zimbabwe but has been a British citizen for a number of years and is Senior Partner at a successful medical centre in Nottingham, England."
The organisation said Rankin was handcuffed and taken from his farm by the police and the property is now guarded by police officers and the Rankins cannot return to their home, their workers or their tobacco crop.
About 20 police officials arrived on Phillip Rankin's tobacco farm in Zimbabwe to evict him on January 29, 2016. Rankin was handcuffed and taken from the property in a police vehicle.
Source - Byo24News
