Two senior military guys allegedly trashed over two hectares of maize at opposition politician Patrick Cheza's farm in Mvuma using a tractor while driving unmarked trucks. Stanford Ncube from Josiah Magama Tongogara Airbase and Midlands prison chief Commissioner Somemore Gate showed up with their crew and destroyed crops that were already sprouting. Cheza filed a police report and plans to sue both officers for wrecking his field.
The farm sits at the center of a dispute between Cheza and the Ministry of Lands, but court records show the government actually gave him the property. Cheza got a call from his worker about the destruction, drove out there, and caught Gate still hanging around while Ncube bolted when he spotted him coming. His lawyer is filing an urgent court application to stop the security officers from messing with his property again.
Cheza said he refuses to back down just because these guys have military positions, and he vowed to keep fighting for rural people getting bullied by officials who think they can do whatever they want.
The farm sits at the center of a dispute between Cheza and the Ministry of Lands, but court records show the government actually gave him the property. Cheza got a call from his worker about the destruction, drove out there, and caught Gate still hanging around while Ncube bolted when he spotted him coming. His lawyer is filing an urgent court application to stop the security officers from messing with his property again.
Cheza said he refuses to back down just because these guys have military positions, and he vowed to keep fighting for rural people getting bullied by officials who think they can do whatever they want.
