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Zanu-PF official fakes ex-boss' death
25 Mar 2017 at 08:34hrs | Views
A ZANU-PF Bulawayo Provincial Youth Deputy Commissar, Tichaona Chikwava (33) from Makokoba, Bulawayo, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after faking former provincial youth chairperson Mr Khumbulani Mpofu's death and asking for a $1 000 funeral donation from the party.
They produced fake donation papers and a fake death certificate of cause of death indicating the deceased as Mr Mpofu. The court heard that Mr Hugo became suspicious and enquired from other Zanu-PF members who told him that Mr Mpofu was still alive.
Chikwava's co-accused Blessed Mushandu is on the run after police dramatically swooped on them on Wednesday at the Zanu-PF offices while they were waiting to be given the money.
Provincial magistrate Mr Felix Mkhwananzi convicted Chikwava on his own plea but suspended four months on condition that he does not within the next five years commit a similar crime.
Chikwava said he committed the crime because he desperately needed some money.
Mr Mkhwananzi said "You are a member of the said political party and the offence that you committed has tarnished the image of Zanu-PF. You don't have to fake someone's death in order to get money," he said.
They produced fake donation papers and a fake death certificate of cause of death indicating the deceased as Mr Mpofu. The court heard that Mr Hugo became suspicious and enquired from other Zanu-PF members who told him that Mr Mpofu was still alive.
Chikwava's co-accused Blessed Mushandu is on the run after police dramatically swooped on them on Wednesday at the Zanu-PF offices while they were waiting to be given the money.
Chikwava said he committed the crime because he desperately needed some money.
Mr Mkhwananzi said "You are a member of the said political party and the offence that you committed has tarnished the image of Zanu-PF. You don't have to fake someone's death in order to get money," he said.
Source - Chronicle
