Harare - The alleged coup plotter who attempted to escape from Chikurubi Maximum prison, Albert Matapo, is said to have been tortured by state security agents into submitting that he failed to escape because he was drunk.
Sources from the polices Law and Order section told the Zimbabwean reporter: He testified that he drank three 750ml of Mainstay spirits undiluted. He said after taking the alcohol he failed to find the way out of the cell after successfully breaking one of the burglar bars. The officer involved also admitted that he smuggled the alcohol.” Matapo was arrested in 2007 together with six other suspects namely Nyasha Zivuku, Oncemore Mazivahona, Emmanuel Marara, Patson Mupfure, Shingirai Mutemachani, and Rangarirai Maziofa on allegations of plotting to replace President Mugabe with a senior ZANU-PF official Emerson Mnangagwa.
A ZPS source said the attempted escapees are being tortured by the police to establish their relationship with Defence Minister Emerson Mnangagwa. The police and CIO operatives on Thursday chased us from the underground Harare central cells where they are torturing the inmates. They said our presents were disturbing them from torturing the inmates, said the source.
During the period between March 29 and April 3, prison officer Donald Tapera Gwekwerere bought a hacksaw, seven hacksaw blades, five glass cutters, a pair of pliers, a claw hammer and a 10-metre long rope from Mbare Musika. He was last Tuesday sentenced to an effective five years imprisonment for the commission of the offence.
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