Armed Men Raid Former Zanu-PF Minister's Home

Independent candidate for Magunje, Godfrey Gandawa, told Daily News that his family, including his mother, were temporarily abducted by four armed men at his rural home in Magunje.

He said the four men came to his rural home looking for him, claiming they were law enforcement officers. Gandawa said they abducted his mother and five other family members around 1am in a white BAIC double cab truck on Wednesday night. He said they drove his family members for about six kilometres before returning them home. He said he had received a tip-off. Said Gandawa:

I had gone away, so I escaped. I had been tipped-off of the assassination plot disguised as an investigation. The informant told me not to take chances and I obliged. My family is not safe at all and even I am not safe and those that support me closely. I couldn’t go to the police considering status of the informant.”

Gandawa said the incident will not allow him to campaign anymore because he is afraid.

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