TellZim Reporter
MASVINGO-
MDC Alliance’s Chiredzi Rural District Council (RDC) Ward 18 councillor and
provincial youth league secretary general Gilbert Mutubuki, who was arrested
yesterday in connection with an ‘illegal’ gathering in Mandamabwe in February,
has been released on $5 000 bail.
Mutubuki
will be back in court on May 9 together with nine other MDC Alliance activists
who were arrested on the same charges.
Mutubuki
appeared before magistrate Patience Madondo today charged with inciting public
violence when he allegedly addressed a gathering at Mhandamabwe in February.
Mutubuki
reportedly handed himself over to the police yesterday after a manhunt had been
launched by members of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Law and Order.
His
lawyer, Advocate Martin Mureri of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) told
TellZim News that his client had been charged for addressing a gathering with
the intention of causing public violence.
“My
client is being charged for participating in a gathering with intend to promote
public violence. He was given $5 000 bail and will come back in court to court
in May for his remand,” said Mureri.
