Gumbura Falsely Charged for Prison Riots – INVESTIGATION
31 March 2015
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AS NINE inmates at Chikurubi Maximum Prison, suspected of organising the fatal food riots that occurred at the correctional centre appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday on charges of attempting to escape from lawful custody, malicious damage to property and negligence, it emerged that rapist pastor Robert Martin Gumbura, charged for allegedly inciting the rioting, was falsely blamed for the incident.
ZimEye.com which closely followed the riots having also broken the news as it happened, for a whole 5 day period aftrerwards found no single accusation or even suspicion from the officers involved in the incident and entire quelling of the riots, journalists having taken priority interest in the man’s affairs during the whole commotion.
As five prisoners made a successful exit, Pastor Gumbura (currently serving a half a century jail term for rape), was also far away from the area where guards were overpowered.
Three impeccable prison officials interviewed into the weekend of the incident occurring, have revealed that apart from the random beating up of prisoners, there was no investigation conducted that would credibly point to the preacher’s alleged conduct. Mr Gumbura’s cell is also in the B hall area and the riot took place in the C and D halls which are too far away for any coordination to have been conducted by the accused. Guards also said that the accused has never intermingled as claimed.
This revelation also came as there was a massive cover up on the numbers of prisoners who have been shot dead as punishment for having rioted. ZimEye.com has revealed that 15 people have been murdered as punishment.
Revelations into the cover up are further confirmed by inconsistencies and shocking contradictions between what was announced by the Prisons spokesperson, Mrs Elizabeth Banda and later was claimed by the minister of justice who is also vice president of the country, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Banda claimed that no one was shot and that blank bullets were used, also saying that only one person died, while Mnangagwa made the admission that several prisoners were shot dead in cold blood, speaking to parliament a week later.
 
ZimEye.com journos contend with evidence that the prison authorities and the Minister of Justice are not credible witnesses and they have compromised facts in the case.
 
The whole commotion was started when prisoners protested the inhumane treatment at the hands of prison guards and the sadza they were being constantly fed with which has nothing else besides soup.
Gumbura who guards reveal was nowhere close to the riots, is now being charged together with notorious armed robbers Lucky Matambanadzo and Lucky Mhungu, among others.
But the State alleges that in February this year, Gumbura incited inmates in B Cell, urging them to revolt against prison authorities for giving them a poor diet. After the alleged address, the prisoners allegedly spent the night singing in protest state papers say.
On March 13, Matambanadzo, Mhungu and their alleged accomplices addressed inmates in C and D cells, influencing them to join the protests.
Hell broke loose the following day, when the prisoners went wild, climbing up the walls, breaking asbestos sheets, windows and water pipes, among other infrastructure.
Prison officers opened fire on the striking inmates, killing five of them while several wardens were left injured in the skirmishes.
The suspects have been remanded to mid-April for trial.
 
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4 Replies to “Gumbura Falsely Charged for Prison Riots – INVESTIGATION”

  1. False charges by Mnangagwa just like the false rape charges by Mujuru. I guess the vp position is cursed or maybe Zanu itself is sucidal

  2. False charges by Mnangagwa just like the false rape charges by Mujuru. I guess the vp position is cursed or maybe Zanu itself is sucidal

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