Court quashes MDC Alliance candidate’s nomination bid

HIGH Court judge Justice Owen Tagu has dismissed MDC Alliance aspiring councillor’s bid to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to accept his nomination papers almost two weeks after the nomination court had closed.

Tendai Saimoni, had submitted that on June 14, 2018 the nomination court in Chitungwiza where he was eyeing the ward 3 St Mary’s seat, rejected his papers due to late delivery.

Saimoni claimed that on the day in question, his agent Knowledge Buranda was manhandled and attacked by suspected MDC Alliance activists who later destroyed his nomination papers, leading to his failure to submit a new set of papers on time.

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