MDC Alliance Secretary General, Charlton Hwende has said a prison guard from Chikurubi maximum prison has told him that Harare Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume is seriously ill and requiring urgent medical attention.

Mafume was arrested last year on charges of abuse of office and was denied bail by the Harare Magistrates Court.

He has taken his freedom bid to the High Court and is waiting for a ruling on his bail application.

The last time Mafume appeared in court, he was not feeling well amid claims that he could have contracted the Coronavirus.

“Just been informed by a Prison Guard that our Detained Mayor Jacob Mafume is now seriously ill and requires urgent Medical help. The situation is very bad,” said Hwende.