Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson has said armed police assaulted the wife and daughter of Costa Machingauta, the opposition MDC Alliance Member of Parliament for Budiriro.
In a series of Twitter posts seen by Pindula News, Mahere said:
⛔️ZANU PF abusing the Police Service have stormed the home of Hon Machingauta where an internal @CCCZimbabwe planning meeting was to take place as we lay out our program of action for 2023. ZRP lorries with armed police & teargas are camped at Hon Machingauta’s home.
🟡ZANU PF will say the tear-gassing & violence taking place at Hon Machingauta’s home as we speak is “stage-managed.”
Murewa last week. Now this?
Varikukwata!
We need new leaders.🇿🇼
In an update, Mahere said the Chibaya, Machingauta and others were held at Budiriro 2 Police Station. She added:
We’ve deployed our rapid response team to secure their protection. Armed @PoliceZimbabwe are camped with lorries at the Machingauta home. His wife & daughter were badly beaten.
Why are you beating up his wife and daughter?
This is a special level of cruel.
We need new leaders.🇿🇼
The CCC party says charges against the opposition leaders are not yet clear adding that they were arrested “for attending an internal meeting this morning.”
CCC, which is led by Nelson Chamisa, a former Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services says it condemns the continued banning of its “internal meetings and rallies by the regime in Harare.