Victoria Falls-based poet Obert Dube wants to sue five police officers for damages after they assaulted him in January for allegedly violating a government imposed curfew meant to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The police officers were identified as Constables Munashe Chikoto, Samson Moyo, Njabulo Ngwenya, Nkosilathi Moyo and Shelton Mathe.
On January 20 at 10pm, the police officers who used truncheons, open palms and booted feet, allegedly pounced on Dube , who is represented by Nosimilo Chanayiwa of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).
They accused him of loitering in Mkosana suburb, in what they termed violation of a dusk to dawn curfew. — SILAS NKALA
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