Staff Reporter|A 25 year old unemployed man has pleaded for forgiveness from Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba for circulating a fake social media Twitter message attributed to her.

The tweet said: “I can’t wait for the election fiasco to come to an end. I could do with a holiday and some good sex. My body needs a break.”

Night Tawona Shadaya, 25, pleaded guilty to criminal insult after telling a magistrate that he was drunk when he retweeted the fake Twitter account in the name of Priscilla Chigumba.

It was just days after the July 30 elections when Shadaya retweeted the parody account.

Shadaya told Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa: “It was a mistake.”

The Harare man, said he had downed a few beers and was not thinking clearly.

“I had three Black Label quarts. I was tipsy and I simply retweeted the post. After I realised the mistake, I undid the retweet. I undid the post the following morning after I regained my sober senses.

“I don’t know who owns that account or its origin and all I can ask for is mercy. What I did was not intentional, even when I heard about the charges I’m facing, I apologised on all social media platforms and even warned others against making the same mistake.”

He admitted that his retweet impaired Chigumba’s dignity and asked for forgiveness. Chigumba was forced to issue a statement clarifying that she did not have a Twitter account.

Shadaya was remanded in custody for sentencing on Thursday.