By A Correspondent| The Pokugara Properties Chief Operating Officer, Tatiana Aleshina has wrecklessly thrown Secretary for Justice and Parliamentary Affairs who also served as the Secretary of the Lands Commission, Virginia Mabhiza under the bus after she revealed the contents of a ‘classified’ report that has not been made public.

The lands commission, chaired by Justice Uchena was appointed in 2018 to look into the sale of State land and has since handed over its findings to President Emmerson Mnangagwa who has not shared the report with the public.

In her opposing affidavit to a High Court challenge against government’s controversial move to transfer huge tracts of land to Augur Investments’ as payment for the construction of Airport Road, Aleshina said she accompanied the Secretary for Local Government to the office of the President, despite the fact that the issue was already before the courts.

During the Supreme Court proceedings and in the spirit of trying to reach a settlement, I accompanied the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government to a meeting with the Head of State during which it was agreed that the parties should try and settle their differences as an out of court settlement,” revealed Aleshina in her opposing affidavit to Markham’s court challenge.

In her opposing affidavit, she however did not reveal if during that meeting with the Head of State, other parties were represented.

She also revealed that she visited Mabhiza’s office where she was shown the Uchena commission report before it was handed over to Mnangagwa and she bragged that Augur Investments was not implicated in any improper land dealings.

“Augur Investments went on to write to the Secretary of the Land Commission Ms Virginia Mabhiza advising that the Anti-Corruption Commission had been to see us and enquiring what the issues were. Full disclosure on the land bank was made. The Commission was requested to conduct an enquiry they needed to assist 1st respondent, 2nd respondent and I to clear our names. To date they have not found any wrongdoing with Augur Investments. 1st respondent, 2nd respondent and I are not even implicated in the Uchena land commission report on illegal parcelling of state land,” further said Aleshina.

She also made shocking revelations bordering on interference in matters before the courts as her opposing affidavit revealed a lot of underhand operations some of which threatens state security.