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Mnangagwa grants murder accused Central Committee Member hero status
08 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | Views
MURDER accused Zanu-PF central committee member Jonathan Nhamburo, who mysteriously died on Tuesday at Parirenyatwa hospital, has been granted provincial hero status by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
His hero status comes at a time there had been a huge uproar over the police's reluctance to arrest him for running over and killing a Citizen Coalition for change (CCC) supporter on by-election day last month.
According to a statement shared by party secretary for information Obert Mpofu, Nhamburo will be buried at the Bindura provincial heroes acre.
"His Excellency the President and the first secretary of Zanu-PF Mnangagwa has conferred a Liberation Hero status to late central committee member, Jonathan Nhamburo who died 5 April 2022 and will be buried at the Provincial Heroes Acre, Bindura," Mpofu said.
Nhamburo had been part of a closely knit Mashonaland Central Zanu-PF unit that had been accused of terrorising villagers and opposition members.
His hero status comes at a time there had been a huge uproar over the police's reluctance to arrest him for running over and killing a Citizen Coalition for change (CCC) supporter on by-election day last month.
According to a statement shared by party secretary for information Obert Mpofu, Nhamburo will be buried at the Bindura provincial heroes acre.
"His Excellency the President and the first secretary of Zanu-PF Mnangagwa has conferred a Liberation Hero status to late central committee member, Jonathan Nhamburo who died 5 April 2022 and will be buried at the Provincial Heroes Acre, Bindura," Mpofu said.
Nhamburo had been part of a closely knit Mashonaland Central Zanu-PF unit that had been accused of terrorising villagers and opposition members.
Source - NewZimbabwe
