A Twitter account belonging to Zimbabwean prominent journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono was deleted on Monday, assumably after his arrest in the morning.

It is not yet clear as to who is responsible for the removal of the account.

According to the police, Chin’ono was arrested in connection with allegations of Contravening Section 187(1)(a) as read with section 37(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act, Chapter 9:23, “incitement to participate in public violence.’

The corruption whistle-blower has recently been leading an anti-corruption crusade which exposed a procurement scandal involving Drax International and the ousted Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Obadiah Moyo.