Zimdef case: Meddle suspect fights back

A HARARE man, who is being charged for attempting to influence a witness to withdraw fraud charges levelled against Higher Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa, yesterday told the court the affidavit was prepared by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) in order to nail the deputy minister.

In his application for referral of the matter to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), Malvern Chimutashu told the court that Zacc investigations were shoddy and denied he was present when the alleged trap was set.

Chimutashu, who is represented by Clemence Ngweshiwa, said the fact that no witness observed him handing over the copy was a clear sign that Zacc officers prepared the document and used the State’s key witness to politically tarnish his image and that of the deputy minister.

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