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How Mine defender refuses to pay back $250

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HOW Mine defender Morris Kadzola risks legal action as he is allegedly refusing to pay back $250 which he owes a Bulawayo woman, Fildah Chirara.

HOW Mine defender Morris Kadzola risks legal action as he is allegedly refusing to pay back $250 which he owes a Bulawayo woman, Fildah Chirara.

RONALD MOYO

Kadzola is reported to have borrowed the money last year when he was facing financial constraints while turning out for Dynamos.

Chirara told Southern Eye Sport yesterday: “I knew him (Kadzola) when he was playing for Dynamos and there was a time when he stopped playing for the team sometime last year. He always called me here in Bulawayo asking me to lend him some money which I used to give to him in small amounts.

“It has amounted to $250, but he is now refusing to give me my money. At some point he sent me a Whatsapp message threatening to tell the court that we are in love if I dare report him to the police. He said he was in a position to pay me $5 per month,” Chirara said.

Chirara also revealed that the Chikurupati defender promised to pay back the money last year in December, but never fulfilled his promise.

He then promised to pay Chirara soon after coming from camp before How Mine’s 4-0 mauling of Zanzibar’s Chuoni FC at Barbourfields Stadium in the first leg preliminary round of the Confederation Cup a fortnight ago.

“He told me that he was coming to Bulawayo to play for How Mine and initially promised to pay me in December, but he did not do as he promised. I then started sending him Whatsapp messages asking him to give me back my money; he promised that he would give me my money as soon as they returned from camp. They came back and played against Chuoni and he went silent,” she added.

Kadzola, who arrived in the country on Monday, initially promised to pay back the money on Tuesday, but refuted the figure saying he owes Chirara $100.

He later threatened not to pay the complainant accusing her of using the media to destroy his reputation.

“I do not owe her that amount, it is $100. She will get the money from your newspaper; I am not going to give her. Do what she sent you to do, I do not care. I will also do what I can, I will send someone to your workplace as soon as you finish writing your story to see you,” said Kadzola.