MDC deputy national chair, Job Sikhala has confirmed being summoned to Harare Central police station for Tuesday where treason charges hang over his head over weekend threats to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

The Chitungwiza legislator reportedly told a party rally in Bikita on Saturday that his party was planning to force an end to Mnangagwa’s rule which the main opposition insists was illegitimate.

“I agreed with them that I will surrender myself tomorrow (Tuesday) at 9am as I am out of Harare,” he said.

“So tomorrow at 9am, I will be at the Harare Central Law and Order. They will prefer treason charges against me.”

Meanwhile, the MDC has moved to distance itself from Sikhala’s remarks saying the party deputy chairperson was speaking in his own capacity.

“It is the party’s view that Hon. Sikhala’s views as expressed at the rally and widely quoted in the press were his own personal opinions, which we believe have been misconstrued and misinterpreted,” national party deputy spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka said in press statement Monday.