ChiTown mayor Maiko acquitted

Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko and five councillors from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have been acquitted after being arrested for convening an illegal council meeting.

Former Local Government and Public Works minister July Moyo suspended the six former CCC councillors in October last year for illegally convening an election meeting to elect a mayor for the dormitory town.

Maiko was arrested together with former deputy mayor Musa Makweza (ward 19), ex-CCC council chief whip Richard Chamutsa (ward 5), Peter Matiringe (ward 10) Kuda John (ward 21) and former ward 14 councillor Chengetai Nyagondo.

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