By Own Correspondent|Sibongile Sarukato, wife to missing Retired Lieutenant Colonel Elliot Piki has approached the courts seeking an order to compel the State to immediately start investigations and account for the whereabouts of her missing husband who was allegedly abducted last Sunday.
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said Sarukato filed an urgent habeas corpus application which seeks to compel Zimbabwean authorities to account for her husband who was supposed to present evidence before the August 1 Commission of Inquiry (Monday).
Said the ZLHR in a statement:
JUST IN: @ZLHRLawyers has on behalf of Sibongile Sarukato, wife of missing Retired Lieutenant Colonel Elliot Piki filed urgent habeas corpus application seeking an order compelling Zim authorities to investigate&account for the whereabouts of her husband, who was abducted Sunday.
— ZLHR (@ZLHRLawyers) November 26, 2018
A habeas corpus application is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before the court to determine if the person’s imprisonment or detention is lawful.