By A Correspondent| There is clear evidence that an hour after police pounced on Harare preacher Talent Chiwenga’s evening meeting last night, a mystery phone handler answered his aide’s phone and made a false claim that he is the preacher speaking. He was however unmasked while on the phonecall and soon after disconnected it.
ZimEye was at the time requesting to speak with him and also to know of Chiwenga’s whereabouts.
When grilled on the preacher’s whereabouts, the man who answered the phone replied saying, “everything is under control.” (LISTEN TO THE MAN AT TIMELINE 1:00:29).
“He is fine, he is fine,” the man replied saying.
“There are some people who were just beaten up here and there, but everything is okay,” the man said.
Apostle Chiwenga, can you hear me.
“Yes.”
Apostle Chiwenga, it is Simba Chikanza here.
“Yes ndiApostle,” the man reiterated.
Chikanza apologised to the man for not responding to his earlier messages the day before.
Chikanza then asked if the man is okay and asked him to communicate a message to his followers and sympathisers. To this, the phone handler replied saying, “No, everything is okay, what happened is that the police are doing their operation, but everything is okay…is under control, it’s only that there are a few people who were just beaten here and there.”
The phone handler was grilled to explain the injuries if they are coming from beatings or from a stampede.
When the man was further asked, he replied in a tone and message clearly uncharacteristic of Chiwenga. He was then asked once again if he is Chiwenga, to which he then revealed he is not at all him contrary to what he had said a few minutes before.
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Happening now !!!The @PoliceZimbabwe continue operations in Harare CBD, they are beating vendors along Jason Moyo street,@ZLHRLawyers @nelsonchamisa @CountEvans @BitiTendai @ProfJNMoyo @DavidColtart pic.twitter.com/Uu0tsqKXjL
— Costa Nkomo (@costahcostah) September 21, 2018
The preacher’s whereabouts were not yet confirmed by the time of writing amid fears that he was picked up by police.
Watch the video below for this and more (LISTEN TO THE MAN AT TIMELINE 1:00:29):
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