By Own Correspondent- MDC-Alliance legislator for Mpopoma-Pelandaba Charles Moyo has been hauled to court facing charges of assault.

Moyo is accused of assaulting the party’s deputy chairperson of the gender representation structure, Tsitsi Mutereki.

Moyo initially appeared in court on Saturday and was remanded out of court on his own cognisance to 15 April.

It is the State’s case that on 3 April, Moyo, during a party meeting held at the party headquarters in Bulawayo, assaulted Mutereki.

The court heard that Moyo assaulted Miss Mutereki for defying an order for the youth wing not to interfere with an election process for Ward 10, Entumbane–Emakhandeni.

It was further stated that Moyo together with councilor Mlandu Ncube of Ward 1 hijacked the election process, leading to the youth revolting against the decision for the pair to influence or impose a candidate they did not want.

It was during the meeting that Mutereki, after realising the intension of the pair that she left the boardroom, where the election process was being held.  As she made her way to the exit she was restricted from leaving by Hon Moyo, resulting in a scuffle.

It was during the scuffle that Moyo is alleged to have pushed Mutereki and then slapped her on the face.

Soon after the assault Mutereki is said to have lodged a complaint with the police, leading to Moyo’s arrest.-StateMedia