By Talent Gondo|National Patriotic Front’s 2018 Presidential candidate Ambrose Mutinhiri last week lost a campaign vehicle given to him in 2013 by Zanu Pf after two men from the Office of the President visited his home demanding that he hand back the vehicle.

The development, which left Mutinhiri and his party members baffled, occur at a time when his party is set to start campaigning for the 2018 harmonised elections.

Mutinhiri was given the Ford Everest during the 2013 campaign period when he was vying for the Marondera West parliamentary seat.

Zanu PF last week repossessed the campaign vehicle when officials who indicated that they were from the Office of the President made a surprise visit to his home and told him to hand over the car.

“It is true, the vehicle was taken and I do not know where it is right now. They arrived at my place and said they had come to collect the vehicle, saying it is needed by the government.

“The car is one of those we were given during Zanu PF campaigns some years back. Two guys from the President’s Office are the ones who took it,” said Mutinhiri.

Unconfirmed reports indicated that the car was briefly taken to Zanu Pf provincial offices in Marondera before being handed over to an official who is in the party’s provincial leadership.

Mutinhiri hit the headlines when he quit Zanu Pf citing unconstitutionalism.

He formed his own party NPF, where he will be running for presidency against his former colleague, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, Rainbow Coalition leader, Joice Mujuru, APA’s Nkosana Moyo, CODE’s Elton Mangoma and Noah Manyika among others.