A commuter omnibus crew yesterday kidnapped a police officer from the Support Unit after he tried to stop them from picking up passengers at an undesignated point as part of the ongoing “Operation Chenai”.
The driver and the conductor beat up the policeman and tried to push him out of their moving kombi.
The incident occurred along Mbuya Nehanda Street at around 6:30pm and at the time of writing, the police officer — who is yet to be identified — had not been found.
Police reinforcements were called in to track down the kombi.This writer witnessed the kidnapping of the cop, who was part of a group deployed at the intersection of Robert Mugabe Road and Mbuya Nehanda Street.
The kombi crew stopped at the undesignated point and the police ordered them to drive to Market Square Bus Terminus, a designated pick up point.
The policeman got into the kombi and told the driver to drive to Harare Central Police Station. However, the driver — whose colleagues were calling him “Shapiro” — sped off with the cop inside.
He and his conductor punched the cop as they drove off and tried to push him out of the moving kombi but the policeman fought back and held on.
His colleagues who were along Mbuya Nehanda Street tried to stop the kombi but the rogue driver nearly ran over them. The kombi turned left into Charter Road, speeding through red traffic lights.
They then turned right into Chinhoyi Street and could be seen still beating the policeman.
A police Mercedes Benz — with senior officers inside including a Chief Superintendent — that was nearby gave chase as soon as a report of the incident was received.
Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Wayne Bvudzijena yesterday said they would get to the bottom of “this very serious offence.
It is a very serious offence which amounts to kidnapping because you cannot move a person from one point to another without his or her permission”.
He said the public should co-operate with police as they carried out their constitutional duties.
“We are not harassing anyone but we want to make sure that the streets are safe for everyone,” said Snr Asst Comm Bvudzijena
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Comment by sinyo — December 11, 2009 @ 12:16 pm
thats a sad incidence, people should respect the rule of law.
Comment by joe — December 11, 2009 @ 2:08 pm
hehe. Bvudzijena uneshuwa nazvo? Hanzi It is a very serious offence which amounts to kidnapping because you cannot move a person from one point to another without his or her permission.
Vangani vamakabvuraudza makore ese apera aya kubva Gukurahundi kusvika Murambatsvina, kuzoti kuChiadzwa hatichataura……
Machende aamayi vako.
Comment by Omuhle — December 11, 2009 @ 5:10 pm
Nyaya ndeyekunyepa iyi. DRIVER AIGOROVA SEI MUNHU ACHITYAIRA. ASI KOMBI YACHO YAIFAMBA YEGA. TIPEIWO MASERIOUS. TANETA NENHEMA. INYAYA INOFANIRWA KUTAURIRWA PWERE KANA MUKWAYEDZA. NDATENDA ZVANGU…..
Comment by CLIVE WEKU MBARE — December 11, 2009 @ 5:15 pm
How come you do not get anyone’s consent when abducting members of the opposition party. It seems you only want to apply the law where it suits you. You do not get anyone’s permission when abducting, do you?
Comment by Angeline — December 11, 2009 @ 5:23 pm
Ini ndainge ndiri mukombi macho ndichienda kumbare. The drunk police man demanded for a bribe and ordered the kombi not go anyway until he was given US$20, there was an attempt to push him out of the kombi when it was stationary. He was given an a further oppurtunity to alight when he was told that the kombi is about to go. He therefore chose to go otherwise he should have dropped off and file the charges. hapana nyaya apa, the corrupt copper should get the sake and the case should end there.
Comment by Magaisa — December 11, 2009 @ 6:46 pm
Taurahako Clive wembare, ko driver aigorova mupurusa uyu sei iye achityaira….
Comment by tari wekufiyo — December 11, 2009 @ 7:24 pm
this sounds quite fictitious and these ZANU PF people want to appear as if they respect the rule of law that doesn’t exist in the country.
they should go hang a million times, like what Manheru was sayig to the Americans,
nyika yedu ava mamvemve
Comment by Anonymous — December 11, 2009 @ 11:31 pm
this sounds quite fictitious and these ZANU PF people want to appear as if they respect the rule of law that doesn’t exist in the country.
they should go hang a million times, like what Manheru was sayig to the Americans,
nyika yedu ava mamvemve
Comment by chova jojo — December 11, 2009 @ 11:32 pm
ZIM DAILY, you are running out of stories.You are so used to reporting negative news but now things have changed.There is plenty of positives that are happenning in Zimbabwe now but you don’t want to hear about it.Why don’t you please find some other country with a proper crisis that you can report on.You can’t fool people,we can tell the difference between reality and fiction.
ABDUCTION/KIDNAPPING MY ARSE
Comment by MAJAIRA — December 12, 2009 @ 9:20 am
I agree with most of the sentiments above. Bvudzijena should be ashamed of himself, when he was asked on countless occasions about the activisits who had been abducted with the complicity of his terrorist organisation what did he say?. Haunyari here nhai Bvudzijena when you say such things why dont you just shut up. Do you think that the general public is so stupid to think you are part of a law enforcement agency when you are so selective in the application of the law and you abduct innocent Zimbabweans routinely. Did you not know where Jestina Mukoko and other activists were when the Court instructed that they be brought to Court. Now that a member of yor terrorist organisation is involved in this very suspicious incident you are now quoting the law. You should question your conscience before uttering rubbish to the press.
Comment by Kalulu — December 12, 2009 @ 6:16 pm
amama mupurisa iyeye
Comment by Anonymous — December 12, 2009 @ 6:53 pm
Musatanyoko, dai akangodonha akabva mazino anenge mbira dzakuvanji. mapurisa ezanhu nhasi zvakuwanai, mwana wemuroyi ungakwira mota ichifamba woti vanhu vose vanotya zvipoko zvamugabe?
Comment by Jirimo — December 12, 2009 @ 8:48 pm
In a nomal world, people respect their police officers. In Zimbabwe, the Police are partisan. No body except Zanu respects the police.
I am waiting for a creadible Zapu government
Comment by JOSIA TONGOGARA — December 12, 2009 @ 8:54 pm
I somehow do not feel sorry for the cop. If you have kombis and know what happens during these ridiculous “operations” you would sniff like me and say he probably got what he deserved. The boys fought fire with fire (even though they will never win this). The story is obviously spiced up, i mean driving and fighting?
Efforts are being made to put things right in Zim so get rid of these ridiculous “operations” that get nothing done axcept line the cops pockets with money. I mean is there a country in the world with the biggest mismatch in police presence as Zimbabwe? You would literally be killed in the city centre in Bulawayo in broad daylight with no hope in hell of a police attendence yet if you jump into a kombi on a 5km stretch you will be stopped no less than 5 times (both ways if you came back) and extorted for spurious reasons.
Last year a dimwit female officer on Harare Road even tried to claim that because my licence had been converted to a british one i had to carry my passport around so i had to grease her! I was ferrying building stuff up and down and you will not believe it if I say everytime I passed her she ran the same line like a robot! No wonder the boys snapped and retaliated.Maybe they will think twice before carrying out extortions.
Comment by Xolani — December 12, 2009 @ 9:11 pm
Come on guys you should feel sorry for the cop, he was trying to do his job . lets face it guys if you are raped , robbed or bad anything bad happened to you the first person to think of is a cop . Let them do their job hatidi vanhu vanokanganisa mapurisa kuita basa ravo. you want the Hwindi to get away with crime and cause a lot of accidents in Zim manje their are going to suffer kurova mupurisa
Comment by waani — December 14, 2009 @ 10:24 am
Memo unopenga chete, driver akarova sei mupurisa kombi ichifamba?
Comment by mamoyo — December 14, 2009 @ 11:08 am
akaitwa mushe dai vakatomucheka jende chairo
Comment by chomakso — December 14, 2009 @ 12:07 pm
Magaisa, if u were there why dd u not do a citizen arrest o u do not know that, issues were he was drunk in uniform and corrupt. I can see u also are a liar. Ma opposition munonetsa.
Comment by Pablo — December 14, 2009 @ 3:17 pm
wateva man these ppl r 2 corrupt they dnt enforce law, they are actualy the biggest lawbreakers in zim. deserves wat they get a**hos…they will do anythng 2 get money outa ur pocket…anywe kidnap is wrong n them ppl shud nt av dne that bt hey its police (corrupt police).
Comment by full english breakfast eater — December 14, 2009 @ 8:21 pm
wakaita mwana wevhu vayaira mapurisa e zanu kugumha mari mu road vamamisei chaizvo kana kutouraya vana vemhondi mugabe/////// muchamama chete
Comment by mapula — December 15, 2009 @ 12:45 am
These police officers are up to no good. These days they are carrying out a useless excercise where they are arresting people drinking in bottle stores leaving out the real criminals who waylay and rob people day and night,The cops are well aware of the blackspots but waste their energy arresting law abiding citizens. Shame on them.
Comment by wanguda — December 15, 2009 @ 9:58 am
mangonjo makambondidyira mari yangu pasina nyaya mhata dzenyu
Comment by kelvin — December 20, 2009 @ 1:33 pm