Ex-CIO boss demands $50,000 from in-laws

Former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) boss, Retired Brigadier-General Elisha Muzonzini, is claiming $50 000 from his in-laws for defamation, following a nasty wrangle between himself and Sydney Nzenza over the estate of the late diplomat, Charity Nzenza.

Charity, who worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 29 years, was Muzonzini's second wife and died in May 2011.

According to summons dated June 3, 2016 under case 5639/16, issued against Nzenza family head, Sydney, Muzonzini is suing his in-laws for defamation after the former allegedly wrote a letter to Police Commissioner-General, Augustine Chihuri, requesting him to intervene in the estate wrangle, accusing the former CIO chief of abusing his powers.

According to the summons, the Nzenza family reportedly wrote to Chihuri and other senior government officials, including CIO boss, Happyton Bonyongwe, accusing Muzonzini of threatening their lives for allegedly questioning his ability to handle the estate.

According to the Nzenza family, Muzonzini was not married to their daughter, but co-habited with her and was fraudulently handling the estate and abusing his position as a former CIO boss to engage in corrupt activities.