By Talent Gondo| The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) today announced on the National broadcaster ZBC News Hour about missing political activist, Itai Dzamara, appealing to the public to assist with investigations regarding his whereabouts.
The ZRP, has practically ignored clarion calls to investigate and find Dzamara, who went missing 3 years ago under suspicious circumstances.
Back then on the 11th March 2015, the ZRP spokesperson Charity Charamba told ZimEye they were not at all searching for Dzamara, SEE VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/z0SRPxM7EPM
Dzamara, was allegedly abducted by three unknown men suspected to belong to the military intelligence at the behest of the country’s deposed leader, Robert Mugabe.
Dzamara, known for his solo protests at the Africa Unity Squire in Harare, crossed swords with Mugabe’s government after he made several demands for Mugabe to step down.
Dzamara was allegedly abducted by suspected State security agents near his home in Glen View on March 9, 2015 and has not been seen since.
Government through the Home Affairs ministry has over the years practically ignored calls to institute investigations into Dzamara’s disappearance despite the issue being raised in parliament and the ministry being instructed to find the missing activist by the courts.
The former Minister of Higher Education and Technological Development, Professor Jonathan Moyo mockingly alleged that Dzamara was not abducted but his disappearance was stage managed or he had exited the country using one of the “porous boarder routes”.
However, the self exiled Professor Moyo hit the headlines at the beginning of the year when he back tracked on his statement, alleging that the current Vice President, Retired Army General, Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga had a hand in Dzamara’s disappearance.
Dzamara’s brother, Patson, last year petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to revive investigations regarding his brother’s whereabouts.
In a petition delivered to Mnangagwa following his inauguration, Patson Dzamara urged Mnangagwa to help his family find closure on his missing brother.
“I am concerned and disturbed by the stance assumed by the former government to which you were a part of as vice-president and minister of Justice,” Dzamara said in a letter delivered to Mnangagwa’s office.
“To date, nothing has been done to assist us as a family to at least come to a place of closure,” he said.