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Jonathan Moyo was not summoned, says Harare magistrate

Posted: 05 Nov 2016 05:03 AM PDT

Magistrate Vakai Chikwekwe has rejected a proposal that a warrant of arrest be issued for Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo.

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Harare - Harare Magistrate Vakai Chikwekwe has rejected a proposal that a warrant of arrest be issued for Higher and Tertiary Education, Science, and Technology Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo.

Chikwekwe said on Saturday that Moyo had never been summoned to appear in court and should not be issued with a warrant of arrest. Prosecutor Lovett Masuku had proposed that the court issue a warrant of arrest after Moyo failed to appear in the court where he was jointly charged with his deputy Godfrey Gandawa and Zimdef principal director of finance Nicholas Makute.

The three were facing charges of defrauding Zimdef, a parastatal in Moyo's ministry, of more than $400 000 (about R5,4 million). Gandawa and Mukute were each granted $500 bail and ordered to surrender their travel documents.

They were also ordered to report to their respective police stations three times a week and not to interfere with state witnesses. Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court on Friday suspended all criminal proceedings against Moyo pending determination of a Constitutional challenge on whether the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has powers of arrest.

African News Agency

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One abducted Chibok schoolgirl found by soldiers

Posted: 05 Nov 2016 03:47 AM PDT

One of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from their school in Chibok in 2014 has been found by soldiers.

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Lagos - One of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militant group Boko Haram from their school in northeast Nigeria's Chibok in 2014 has been found by soldiers, a Nigerian army spokesman said on Saturday.

Sani Usman said the girl was discovered in Pulka, Gwoza Local Government Area, in Borno State, by troops who were screening escapees from Boko Haram's base in the Sambisa forest.

The girl, Maryam Ali Maiyanga, was “discovered to be carrying a 10-month-old son”, the army spokesman said.

Reuters

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