A MOZAMBICAN national accused of illegally entering Zimbabwe through South Africa stunned a Harare magistrate’s court last week when he said he came into the country to look for President Robert Mugabe whom he claimed to be his biological father.
Gabriel Ricardo was arrested on May 30 this year after entering the country through the Beitbridge border post without a passport.
He was only armed with his Mozambican ID and was later taken to Harare magistrates’ court on Thursday for illegal entry into the country.
“I came here looking for my parents,” Ricardo told the court presided over by magistrate Elijah Makomo.
Asked if he had managed to locate the parents, he replied, “I have not yet reached them”.
Further asked where the parents were, he replied, “It is the President of this country”.
Ricardo looked of sound mind and spoke in fluent English but with a clear Mozambican accent.
The Mozambican further claimed he was raised by foster parents who confided in him before they died that his real father was the long serving Zimbabwean leader.
Mugabe was said to have sired Ricardo with an unnamed woman when he was still in Mozambique during Zimbabwe’s war of liberation.
After the death of his guardians, he left for South Africa to find employment but found things tough.
He then later decided to cross into Zimbabwe “to connect with my roots”.
Ricardo further told court he had no qualms about entering Zimbabwe illegally because he had been assured by his former guardians he would not get into trouble because his biological father was the country’s president.
“I was misled into believing that I could just come since I was the President’s child,” said Ricardo, who wore dreadlocks extending to just below his shoulders.
In his ruling, Makomo said Ricardo claims to royalty would not save him from the principal charge of border jumping.
The magistrate convicted and handed him a one month imprisonment sentence which was wholly suspended on condition he will not commit a similar offence in a period.
The court also ordered his deportation to Mozambique but not before Ricardo had advised the court he would go back to his country and engage the Zimbabwean embassy in efforts to be reunited with “my father”.
Small faced, a brown complexion, slim and of medium height, Ricardo did not bear any obvious exact resemblance to President Mugabe.
However, his first name, Gabriel is President Mugabe’s other name.
IF NOT
June 8, 2015 at 1:11 pm
Rumor has it that Mr. Mugabe has never fathered any child on earth. He never had children with his first wife and Grace’s children are not Mugabe’s. How possible is that?
club zero
June 8, 2015 at 2:28 pm
The lion of africa,I love this guy because I understand him.he takes no shit from a white person ,viva mugabe viva old african lion
chief destructer
June 8, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Not possible
Ian mbasela
June 8, 2015 at 3:12 pm
The might right or wrong. Pipo who knows hw to investigate ,let them do so. That man stayed for long time I’m Mozambique so its possible he can be the father. I’m a man and talking frm my view as a man. We know hw us men behave SO Let’s nt doubt
jsm
June 8, 2015 at 4:07 pm
Let them do DNA. Otherwise Robbie has not responded!
New Educated Zambia©
June 8, 2015 at 8:57 pm
I wouldn’t be surprised after all he is friends with that clueless fool lungu
syms
June 8, 2015 at 10:33 pm
NEZ i am becoming to think that you’re a SADIST worth of nothing good to contribute on the many noble issues on this site. you are blinded by your politically charged mind.
New Educated Zambia©
June 9, 2015 at 9:33 am
The sadist are the ones that are tryin to arrest a man Excercising his human rights. The sadist are ones tryin to change zambia to one party state
Yambayamba
June 8, 2015 at 10:50 pm
Mugabe lived in Mozambique for a long time during Zimbabwe’s gorilla wars against Ian Smith’s regime. So this story isn’t far fetched. And knowing how “soldiers” behave when it comes to shagging, it more than likely Mugabe scored here. Just do the right and honorable thing and claim your child, Bob!
Such stories can actually be found even in Zambia. Children sired by South African freedom fighters are now grown up and wanting to find their S/African fathers. I actually know one “child” in this predicament. Whether they will succeed locating their fathers in S/Africa is another story—just another side effect of war!
syms
June 9, 2015 at 1:52 am
The sugeston that ECL is working with RB who has been suspected to have been corrupt does not hold water.Imagine, ECL was also called names and being called corrupt by certain media in the run up to previous election.but all in all ECL was not what some media called him .so this means RB was not also corrupt but it was just a malicious move by the media.so do not be brain washed by this medias bane try to have independent minds to analyse issues.to tell you the truth pf could have lost without the support of RB period. after all in politics what counts is votes whether coming from a prostitute thief or a saint etc.
Dumpee
June 9, 2015 at 8:05 am
Mugabe’s only child was with his 1st wife Sally, the baby who died in 1963. Even me I have heard that Grace’s children are not his. Ati tabwima after ama torture by whites during the independence struggle. That’s why apatila abasungu filya.
Tamara
June 9, 2015 at 8:17 am
bla bla bla bla bla…………………
Mr Right
June 9, 2015 at 8:57 am
How possible it could be,it belives that the man has not testacles,and this is where the sperms manufactured. May be it happened before he was tortued.bcz he is testecles was removed by white pipo, due why he hates them. D.A.N. is the best in this matter,the man can fell happy to have a child.
Bwighane
June 9, 2015 at 12:01 pm
I doubt if dat z true. Go 4 dna test.
Denkete
June 9, 2015 at 12:17 pm
Rumour has it that “IF NOT” you are impotent, is it true?
Trixy
June 9, 2015 at 12:34 pm
The secret of every child is with the mother. I urge Mugabe to take a DNA test. There are a lot of gold diggers in the world today!
Lamfras
June 9, 2015 at 9:24 pm
Kikiki