One of the Zanu pf youth who was injured during the mass stay-away revealed what happened to him and others on that fateful day. On the day of protests, Gomwe called for a meeting in the afternoon at their provincial offices but later changed the venue to Zanu-PF HQ because the turnout was poor less than youth turned up. When they arrived at the HQ they saw Togarepi, Tongai Mnangagwa, Gomwe and other senior security officers from police and military. Togarepi addressed the youth telling them that he talked with the president asking for permission to deploy youth to deal with demonstrators and he was given the green light to do so but he was not happy with the turn hence the need to have assistance from the army. He told them that they are protected because there will army officers in each group of five youth and each group was going to be given 3 guns, Food, button sticks and sjambok, Toyota Hilux or ford ranger 0r Toyota Quantum and other accessories.
Tongai Mnangagwa told the youth that we are calling our structures in Harare to give us the list and home addresses of MDC top leadership and all activists so that you will direct the army to those addresses and there shall be two teams one led by Gomwe and the other by Tongai Mnangagwa. All youth received their army and police plus US dollars allowance 400 each. When we were about to leave Tongai Mnangagwa produced a paper with names and read the names of MDC-Alliance and ordered the police to arrest those people before the end of day Tuesday saying that the order was coming from his father the first names where Charlton Hwende, Ldr Cdr Bvondo, Jacob Mafume, Promise Mkwananzi, Evan Mawarire and Shadreck Mashayamombe. Those who feel that their faces are known were advised to put masks and also to pay themselves through zviwanikwa they were told that this is war you shall get everything you want in the war zone tora chose chawana chaunoda uise muhomwe kana vakadzi variko mberi ikoko.
“During the raids, we were advised to arrest and detain at our base and later dump them at a police station of our choice because at every team there was a police officer and at least two soldiers, our base was at the showground, “ said the young man. While they were doing this police and Army were also doing their own crackdown that’s why they were also in uniform to avoid clashes. The following day they received orders from Minister Ncube who ordered them kurova kafiramberi saying if you just arrest courts will release them because they don’t have proper evidence. The aim was to eliminate MDC leadership and civic leadership.
We shall publish the list of those youth who was part of the abductions and torture we have it. What happened must not just be ignored this must go to the UN and the ICC so that justice can be delivered to the people of Zimbabwe.
By Jeff Kurai Chakanyuka
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