Chombo Aborts Trip After Security Personnel Seized His Passport

5 years agoTue, 14 May 2019 12:04:45 GMT

Chombo Aborts Trip After Security Personnel Seized His Passport

Ignatius Chombo, a former cabinet minister aborted his trip on Sunday after his passport was seized by security agents at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare.

The passport had been released to him on Friday last week by Harare magistrate Barbara Mateko who postponed his matters to June 27. Prosecutor Tapiwa Kasema consented to Chombo’s application for the release of the passport on the grounds that he wanted to seek medical attention in South Africa.

NewsDay reports that there was a brawl at the RGM International Airport after the security agents took his passport which was later surrendered at the Harare Magistrates’ Court clerk office.

Chombo’s lawyer Tungamirai Muganhiri could neither confirm nor deny the developments, asking to be contacted today for a comment.

Chombo is among sevveral former top government officials who were arrested following the demise of former president Robert Mugabe in connection with corruption.

There are some who argue that arrests are not enough for a country that is close to the top of the list of most corrupt countries world wide. Some have even went on to suggest that these arrests were selectively targeted on G40 members.

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