By Own Correspondent- Former cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo’s passport was seized by an unidentified state security agent leaving him stranded at the airport before the document emerged at the Clerk of Court offices.

Chombo’s passport was seized just as he was about to board a plane to South Africa for treatment.

Said his lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku:

“He went through all formalities at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and when he was about to board his flight, a security agent approached him and asked to check his passport.

Madhuku further told court that after taking the passport, the officer vanished forcing Chombo and his family to abort the journey.

He further told the court that the immigration department continued giving excuses on why his passport was taken. The once powerful ex-minister later discovered the document was handed back to the clerk of court with how it got there still a mystery to him.