By Paul Nyathi|Former Local Government Minister in the former President Robert Mugabe government Saviour Kasukuwere who was arrested on Monday, has been officially charged on four charges of abuse of office.

Kasukuwere handed himself over to the police in the company of his lawyer Jonathan Samukange and was immediately charged.

According to ZimEye.com sources within the police, Kasukuwere’s charges emanated from charges laid against former First Lady Grace Mugabe Sister Junior Shuvsi Gumbochuma who was dramatically arrested last week after a high speed chase with the police.

Gumbochuma, appeared in court facing three counts of fraud after she allegedly misrepresented to the Government, her capacity to develop land into residential stands but later sold the land at a huge profit, albeit without making any developments. She is out of custody on $500 bail.

Kasukuwere is implicated in the three charges against Gumbochuma allegedly for issuing the land in question outside procedure. He is also charged for one other count of abuse of office while he was still the Minister of Youth, Indegenisation and Economic Empowerment.

Kasukuwere is expected in court anytime which his lawyers are pushing to seat even in the middle of the night.