There was drama at Charge Office rank in Harare when a man claiming to be a member of the Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) refused to pay $3 kombi fare saying he was on duty and had been sent to board that kombi for security reasons.

He was unfazed despite numerous efforts by touts and conductors threatening to beat him up.

He claimed that President Mnangagwa had planted him in the commuter omnibus to monitor security.

A conductor who plies Chitungwiza route only identified as Tino said this was not the first incident the man had done this.

Said Tino:

“In fact it is now more of a lifestyle rather than a habit.

I ferried him last month and he made similar claims refusing to pay bus fare claiming to being a CIO member. I later let him go as l suspected him to have been under the influence of drugs.”

However, the “CIO” was taken to the police station by infuriated touts who wanted justice.-ZIMUCU