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Mugabe's birthday gig fuel stolen in Mat South
29 Mar 2015 at 08:46hrs | Views
About 240 litres of fuel meant to be used during President Robert Mugabe's 21st February Movement gig in Victoria Falls last month was reportedly stolen by Umzingwane District council chairman Sdojiwe Sigola.
According to Sunday News the fuel was supposed to cater for travelling to the celebrations and other activities.
"We were given 240 litres of fuel and we were supposed to also use it to travel to Victoria Falls but to our surprise Sigola took our fuel and used it without our consent yet the fuel was not meant for his district," said one Zanu PF member.
It is alleged that Sigola was supposed to fuel a vehicle that was meant to transport youths from Umzingwane.
"We do not know who he ferried to the celebrations. He bussed some people to Bulawayo and we do not know who he took there. It seems he had a mission," said a youth league member.
Lizwe Moyo, the vice-chairman for the Zanu-PF Matabeleland South Youth League, told the Sunday News that indeed the fuel had gone missing.
"The executive had 240 litres of fuel in Umzingwane District. One of our comrades died and had to be buried in Murehwa and we use that fuel for instances like these. We also intended to go for the 21st February Movement celebrations. We were surprised when we heard there was no fuel as it had been taken by Cde Sigola," he said.
He said the fuel was kept at the Central Intelligence Organisation offices in Umzingwane where they were informed that it had been taken by Sigola.
Sigola, however, described the allegations as lies.
"Those are lies, that I converted the fuel to my own use. We filled a bus that ferried people to the train station that were going to Victoria Falls and it was 40 litres. We used another 40 litres to collect them when they arrived," he said.
The paper said Sigola used another 65 litres in a small vehicle that he used to go to Victoria Falls for the celebrations giving a total of 145 litres. He said he did not use the remainder of the fuel.
According to Sunday News the fuel was supposed to cater for travelling to the celebrations and other activities.
"We were given 240 litres of fuel and we were supposed to also use it to travel to Victoria Falls but to our surprise Sigola took our fuel and used it without our consent yet the fuel was not meant for his district," said one Zanu PF member.
It is alleged that Sigola was supposed to fuel a vehicle that was meant to transport youths from Umzingwane.
"We do not know who he ferried to the celebrations. He bussed some people to Bulawayo and we do not know who he took there. It seems he had a mission," said a youth league member.
Lizwe Moyo, the vice-chairman for the Zanu-PF Matabeleland South Youth League, told the Sunday News that indeed the fuel had gone missing.
"The executive had 240 litres of fuel in Umzingwane District. One of our comrades died and had to be buried in Murehwa and we use that fuel for instances like these. We also intended to go for the 21st February Movement celebrations. We were surprised when we heard there was no fuel as it had been taken by Cde Sigola," he said.
He said the fuel was kept at the Central Intelligence Organisation offices in Umzingwane where they were informed that it had been taken by Sigola.
Sigola, however, described the allegations as lies.
"Those are lies, that I converted the fuel to my own use. We filled a bus that ferried people to the train station that were going to Victoria Falls and it was 40 litres. We used another 40 litres to collect them when they arrived," he said.
The paper said Sigola used another 65 litres in a small vehicle that he used to go to Victoria Falls for the celebrations giving a total of 145 litres. He said he did not use the remainder of the fuel.
Source - Sunday News
