ZRP, Zec security officers grilled in Komichi trial

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) security officers who arrested MDC Alliance vice-president Morgen Komichi for allegedly taking to the podium during the announcement of the presidential results for the July 30 election were yesterday taken to task for ignoring a similar offence by a Zanu PF official.

The police officer, Dickson Siyakwimbi, who testified before magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura in the case where Komichi is accused of disrupting the announcement of the results, said Komichi was not supposed to go to the podium, as it was reserved for Zec officials only.

Komichi’s lawyer Obey Shava asked Siyakwimbi the number of people who went to the podium and were not Zec officials on the day in question.

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