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2 Held for Blocking Mugabe Motorcade
BULAWAYO police are holding two men after they allegedly blocked President Robert Mugabe’s motorcade in Bulawayo on Friday.
Mugabe, whose motorcade usually averages 12 vehicles, was travelling in an extended convoy with cabinet ministers attending a graduation ceremony at the National University of Science and Technology.
Bulawayo police spokesman Inspector Mandlenkosi Moyo said Newton Mlotshwa, 58, and Prayer Gavhanga, 27, had been charged with “disobeying lawful instructions from a uniformed police officer”.
Mugabe’s motorcade was hurtling towards NUST along the Bulawayo-Esigodini Road, opposite Ascot Shopping Centre, shortly before 11AM when it was brought to a brief halt.
Inspector Moyo said: “Gavhanga, who was driving, was rude and refused to clear the road for the motorcade.
“Officers took the vehicle ignition keys to stop him from fleeing. While they were doing so, the vehicle’s owner, Mlotshwa, who was a passenger, rushed to a police bike and removed the bike’s ignition keys demanding to be given his keys back.
“In the process of restraining him, a police officer was assaulted. Mlotshwa will be additionally charged with assault.”
Inspector Moyo said motorists should co-operate with the police, adding: “This incident could have been avoided. It was public knowledge that the President was coming to Bulawayo for the NUST graduation and motorists should just follow police directives.”
Mlotshwa and Gavhanga are due before magistrates on Monday.
Posted by Editor
on November 10, 2012. Filed under AROUND AFRICA.
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Dr Phil
November 10, 2012 at 6:03 am
i will also do the same for Micheal Satan’s motorcade, we need to challenge these dictators.
chezz
November 10, 2012 at 7:08 am
Ba Phil it will be fun to see you attempt that. One thing am sure of is that you will be bashed there and then eyo amafi patala imwe. Naka mweo Kobe kakapululuke iwe imwe. Nobupuba bwapwa will just be waiting for a police report.
Makango
November 10, 2012 at 8:30 am
kamugabe swine wakota u deserve a bullet in the not blocking a motorcade fizimbabwe kuzinkimana
spinner87
November 10, 2012 at 8:45 am
wanyafye mune. H.E MCS doesnt need such a motorcade, save fuel, he uses the presidential jet so as to save the tax payers money.
on the other hand mugabe is very selfish.
Amuna
November 10, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Spinner which fuel is he saving coz wat is saved in da ministries is put in his jet. What is he saving?
Amuna
November 10, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Spinner which fuel is he saving coz wat is saved in da ministries is put in his jet. Where is the saving? He has just brought problems in da civil service.
Zim
November 10, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Lol, 2 bad michael zata uses an excutiv chopa, minin tht motorcade pa Zed ts nt tht much, unles short distances lyk 4rm state house 2 palrment
Spinner87
November 10, 2012 at 8:43 pm
amuna sure, with a good name u cant even do the math. if a motorcade is about 5 – 8, and all of em filled at maximum i mean full tanks. what will the cost for fueling 5 – 8 be as compared to fueling the presidential jet?
Barbed Wire
November 12, 2012 at 9:11 am
The two will see ‘matako yanjoka’ How can they block a presidential motorcade, especially for RGM and expect to get away with it? They asked for it, they got what they wanted!