MDC-T suspends councillor over sodomy charges

THE MDC-T yesterday suspended its Harare’s Budiriro Ward 33 councillor Sydney Chirombe over allegations of attempted sodomy on a bus driver in Kariba on Saturday morning.

In a statement, the party said although investigations were still in progress, the Budiriro councillor allegedly attempted to sodomise a bus driver aboard a houseboat on Lake Kariba on Saturday following a training session and retreat in the resort town.

MDC-T said the alleged offence took place in the middle of the night on Saturday.

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