Political Correspondent
Controversial Zimbabwean tycoon Wicknell Chivayo has ridiculed his detained business partners, Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, calling them “petty criminals” and “incompetent idiots”.
Chivayo, who has close ties to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, claims the duo’s conviction for fraud is “inevitable”.
Responding to a Twitter question, Chivayo wrote:
“Those two were never my friends… I’m extremely grateful such petty two cents criminals have been brought to book.”
Chivayo alleged that Chimombe and Mpofu used fake documents to misrepresent themselves and prejudiced the government by not delivering on their contracts. He sarcastically suggested their lawyers focus on mitigation, jokingly offering a ridiculous example of a potential defense.
Chimombe and Mpofu are accused of fraud involving a US$7.7 million dodgy President Goats Scheme deal and US$9 million Harare City Council street lights tender.
This comes amid the corrupt US$100 million Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) tender scandal which involves Chivayo, Chimombe, Mpofu and gold baron Pedzisayi “Scott” Sakupwanya, as well as Mnangagwa’s cronies, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Martin Rushwaya, ZEC chairperson Priscilla Chigumba, Central Intelligence Organisation Director-General Isaac Moyo and the President’s daughter Chido.
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