Anti-ED term extension activist abducted, tortured

A MEMBER of the Constitution Defenders Forum (CDF), which is opposed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tenure extension through a constitutional amendment, was abducted on Tuesday night and severely tortured before being dumped in police cells.

The abduction of Baird Gore from Glen Norah, Harare, comes amid rising political tensions following the gazetting of the proposed constitutional amendments.

The proposed amendments were first tabled during a Cabinet meeting last week before the Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, gazetted them.

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