Chitungwiza Opposition Activist In Hot Soup For Refusing to Testify Against Sikhala
25 June 2022
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By A Correspondent| A Chitungwiza based political activist Rissie Mundodzi is living in fear of abduction after suspected state security agents driving unmarked vehicles visited her house in the middle of the night.

Mundodzi who has been actively involved in opposition politics since 2007 when she joined the then Movement for Democratic Change led by the late Morgan Tsvangirai told ZimEye that the suspected state security agents started haunting her after they spotted her at the funeral of slain Citizens Coalition for Change member Moreblessing Ali.

Sikhala was arrested on 15 June and charged with inciting public violence at the funeral of Ali.

She said she attended Ali’s funeral as they were good friends but now regrets her decision as she was earlier summoned to give a police statement.

She added that the police wanted her to accept being used as a state witness against former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala.

“I flatly refused to be a state witness because as much as I attended Moreblessing Ali’s funeral, I had no interest in being a witness, after all what does it benefit me to nail my leader Job Sikhala whom I clearly know was not at the funeral as they wanted me to say,” said Mundodzi.

Since from the time she refused to be a state witness, she has been on state surveillance and on more than one occasion, state security agents visited her house in the middle of the night trying to abduct her.

Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi denied that Mundodzi was on their list of wanted people.

“I am not aware of that, I will check with Chitungwiza police station but I doubt if they have such a report because it would have reached my desk earlier,” said Nyathi.

The police remarks have further worried Mundodzi who now suspects that this could be the work of the dreaded Central Intelligence who are notorious for abducting and torturing pro-opposition activists.