Arrested MDC Vice Chairperson Job Sikhala according to his lawyers has also indicated he wants to sue both government and specific officers who abused him while in detention.

There was confusion on Wednesday after it emerged Sikhala was initially supposed to appear in court in Harare before the jurisdiction issues were raised.

Authorities then decided the Zengeza West MP would appear in court at Bikita leaving MDC supporters who had gathered at the Rotten Row Magistrates Court Wednesday afternoon seething with anger.

Reports claim that Sikhala was blind folded as he was being transported from Harare to Bikita.

Sikhala was remanded in custody for the next two weeks on allegations that he told party supporters in Bikita that the opposition was planning to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa before scheduled elections in 2023.

“We will overthrow Mnangagwa before 2023. This is not a joke,” Sikhala reportedly said.

MDC spokesperson Daniel Molokele said the opposition had been dismayed by the ruling.

“We are not happy with the decision and our lawyers will be appealing to the High Court,” said Molokele.