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Police seize MDC-T motorbikes

Politics
MATABELELAND South police yesterday broke into MDC-T offices in Gwanda and seized 10 motorbikes, days after interrogating staff on their registration.

MATABELELAND South police yesterday broke into MDC-T offices in Gwanda and seized 10 motorbikes, days after interrogating staff on their registration.

Report by Nqobile Bhebhe

MDC-T officials in Gwanda said more than 20 security details stormed the offices after midday and quizzed them on the whereabouts of the motorbikes.

“After we told them that we do not have the keys to the room where the motorbikes are stored, they broke into the room and started loading the motorbikes on to a truck they had brought,” an MDC-T official who witnessed the incident said.

The official said they planned to make a report to the police that there had been a break in at their offices.

On Wednesday, the police interrogated staff on the registration of the motorbikes and how they were going to be distributed.

“They asked us on the registration of the motorbikes of which we referred them to the Central Vehicle Registration (CVR) for details,” a source said. “They also wanted to know about the distribution of the motorbikes in the province and which party members would be allocated.”

The motorbikes had registration number plates from CVR.

MDC-T officials claimed the raid was a strategy by authorities so they could learn about their party’s strategies ahead of elections. Party spokesman Douglas Mwonzora confirmed the police raid.

“These are ordinary motorbikes which were regularly procured and we wonder why the police are resorting to this heavy-handedness,” he was quoted as saying. Contacted for comment, police spokesperson, Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi said he was in a meeting and could not comment.