Nyakauru died on Saturday in Harare after his long detention in appalling conditions for almost a month together with MDC legislator Douglas Mwonzora. He was viciously assaulted by police before the detention which is now being suspected took a toll on him. Tsvangirai told mourners in Glen View that the police murder of Nyakauru challenges the legacy of independence.
We were at the National Sports celebrating 31 years of independence but it is meaningless if people continue to be abducted and killed,” Tsvangirai said.
“Those responsible are freely roaming the streets. What does Independence mean when these acts are happening? This death challenges the legacy of this Independence, he said.
This killing is a serious indictment for those who died for independence. From Zambezi to Limpopo, hundreds of people from five to 85 year -olds continue to be killed after the so called independence, Tsvangirai said.
Tsvangirai said Nyakauru was a frearless man.
Nyakauru’s widow Emily Gona said people have been terrorised for too long.
“People even afraid to mention the name MDC,” she said.
Philimon Nyakauru, the fifth son of the late headman who is a United States of America-based professor, was overwhelmed with grief. He spoke amid sobs.
“Why would one be killed for his political opinion? he asked.
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