By Paul Nyathi|The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, ZLHR, has deployed three lawyers to offer emergency legal support services to three opposition MDC Alliance party members arrested in Harare on Monday

The MDC members including Highfield West constituency MP-Elect Happymore Chidziva, Chamunorwa Madya, the Deputy Secretary-General for the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly and Mafaiti Mubaiwa, were arrested on Monday by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers when they handed themselves over to the police after a national search for them.

The police officers accuse Chidziva of inciting public violence after he told MDC Alliance party supporters at a political rally held in July 2018 in Gweru in Midlands province that his party supporters will protest against an unfavourable election outcome and will defend their vote if Zimbabwe Electoral Commission rigs the election in favour of ZANU PF party.

According to the police, hundreds of MDC Alliance took to the streets on August 1 protesting the delayed release of presidential results allegedly on the strength of Chidziva’s inferences.

Six people were killed at the protests when members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces fired live bullets to quell the protests.