The assassination plot on president Robert Mugabe court-case has seen a respected Zimbabwe National Army officer accused of participating in the dissidentry early this year, aiming at his bosses.
The court deliberations went as far as narrating how top army officers allegedly knew precise details on when and how the Head of State’s properties would be bombed.
Blowing “all” apart, the soldier, Borman Ngwenya denied the charges.
He on Friday told the court he has since been ditched by his employer adding that his bosses new everything on the drama having themselves planted him to prowl his colleagues, the latter who are jointly charged with him for treason.
Ngwenya (30), who has been put to his defence, denies all saying he was an army plant and none of his superiors to date have not disputed that “fact”.
“…None of my superiors came to me or the court to say I was not on an army task,” he said.
Ngwenya was surrounded and arrested a few minutes before the group could bomb the First Family’s dairy farm January this year, the state outline reads, claims which First Lady Grace Mugabe reiterated shortly after the drama.
The soldier said his bosses were in fact the first to inform police that he was on duty when he was arrested together with Owen Kuchata, Silas Pfupa and Solomon Makumbe along Jumbo road in Mazowe.
He said he was clearly on duty. “I was on a mission to protect this country,” he said.
“I had no malicious intensions and I reported every bad intentions of Kuchata. I heard bail for my fellow workmates Pfupa and Makumbe was paid by the army which also sought legal representatives for them and I don’t know why I was left out.
“The police were told by my superiors that I was spying on Kuchata. These are the same who have reportedly disowned me but they never came to disown me directly so I wouldn’t say they have dumped me.”
On being caught with weaponry, he said he could not refuse to do what Kuchata wanted them to do.
“If I refused, he would not have gone to Mazowe. He could have started asking many questions and I had to avoid that because earlier on, I initially refused to take money to buy bomb cocktails and he queried if I was now a sell-out,” he said.
The case continues…