Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s aide Nelson Dube, who succumbed to injuries sustained during last week’s White City Stadium blast and was declared a liberation war hero, was buried yesterday.

Dube, who died on Monday at Mpilo Central Hospital, was buried at his farm in Featherstone, about 100 kilometres south of Harare.

Director-General of the Central Intelligence Organisation Ambassador Elphas Moyo said Dube’s death was a loss to the nation.

“Nelson showed his dedication to his work throughout his service,” he said. “The numbers that are here are a testimony of the man he was. We are proud of the work he did.

Mashonaland East Provincial Minister David Musabayana condemned the circumstances which led to Dube’s death.

“Dube`s death was caused by an act of evil,” he said. “President Mnangagwa is preaching unity and peace, but there were some who found it fit to perpetrate the act of terror. It is painful.

Dube fought in the liberation struggle, where he survived the Chimoio bombing in 1978 which killed thousands of freedom fighters.

After independence, he joined the Zimbabwean National Army for four years before resigning in 1983.

He spent two years completing his high school which had been disrupted by the war.

In 1985, he joined the Central Intelligence Organisation which he served for 33 years, rising to the rank of Chief Security Aide.

Dube was 57 at the time of his untimely death and is survived by his wife Emilia and three children.