How MDC MP Joana Mamombe was abducted

MDC MP for Harare West Joana Mamombe who was abducted by unknown assailants on Saturday appeared in court on Monday and was formally charged with treason.

The young MDC MP is appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa for allegedly subverting a constitutionally elected government.

She faces up to 20 years in prison without the option of a fine if she is convicted.

One of her lawyers Jeremiah Mutongi Bamu from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights took to the witness stand on Monday to narrate how the lawmaker was abducted in Nyanga.

Read the full testimony below:

Mamombe called me on 25 Feb and she advised me that they were people at her mother's residence. She said I must attend to all legal issues arising. There wasn't an arrest warrant and as an MP her address was known.

I then proceeded to Police Law and Order and I liaised with Detective Inspector Mariyapera and we agreed that the accused person was attending parliament business. I also wanted to know why there are people at her mother's place. He said they weren't responsible for those people.

Mariyapera confirmed to me that they wanted to question Mamombe on allegations of public violence. While in the police office I phoned the accused and told her the police had confirmed they wanted to charge her. I asked her when she would come to Harare and  she said  Sat  2 March

Subsequently on Saturday, I received calls from Mamombe's relative and fellow parliamentarian advising me that she had been picked by large number of people. Before I made enquiry I talked to Innocent Gonese to check if any details of her being picked in Nyanga.

If the accused was arrested in Nyanga she was supposed to be taken to the nearest police station. I was told that Mamombe was arrested by one Enerst Moyo who claimed to be a member of Law and Order.

I then proceed to Law and order to look for the officer in charge. I narrated my case and I was told that they are aware of the case but he said there was no police officer at Law and Order Harare called Enerst Moyo. They also said they did not order anyone to arrest Mamombe

I tried to make contact with Enerst Moyo and he told me that he would be in Harare after 3 hours.

When I later went to Law and Order the police did not disclose to me the location of Mamombe.

It only happened by chance when I talked to an officer and I saw Mamombe seated in that office with one Runganga who said he didn't know why she was in the office. The officer in charge also confirmed what happened to Mamombe was not from their orders.