Paul Nyathi|Reports coming through indicate that a yet to be disclosed complainant within the opposition party is has filed rape claims against the leader of the opposition MDC Nelson Chamisa.

According the reports a docket has already been opened at a Harare police station and police are just waiting for Chamisa to return to the country before pouncing on him.

Chamisa is currently on a diplomatic offensive around the SADC region where he is meeting regional leaders on the current political impasse in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe police are reportedly keen to humiliate President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s biggest opposition rival on his return, effecting an arrest at the RGM International Airport for best effect under the glare of foreign and local travellers.

The alleged rape comes at a time the ruling Zanu PF party is pulling all the stops to ensure Chamisa does not prevail in the party’s upcoming national Congress, where his position is up for grabs.

The MDC -Alliance holds its Congress on 24 to 26 May.

The rape allegations are just but a part of the Zanu PF pot of shemes aimed at ensuring Chamisa does not contest the upcoming congress or if he does, that his image is damaged probably beyond repair.

The rape allegations on Chamisa are not the first to be thrown at a politician seen as a potential enemy of the State. Numerous politicians, living and dead, have at one time or other been the receipients of Zanu PF’s shenigans and false allegations. Nearly all have fallen flat in the courts of law.