Gumbo slams Mutezo assault

FORMER Zanu PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo has lashed out at the “overzealous” mob that publicly humiliated and assaulted former Energy deputy minister Munacho Mutezo during Independence Day celebrations on Saturday.

Mutezo was assaulted on Saturday in Nyanyadzi after he had stood up to give a solidarity message during the celebrations when a group of Zanu PF supporters including a war veteran identified as Brown Gwinya heckled him and subsequently assaulted him.

Although police in Mutare have said they had no idea of what happened on the day in question, some Zanu PF members were already divided over the matter with some being sympathetic with Mutezo while others were saying he should be recalled from the party.

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