Zimbabwean Police Arrest Energy Minister Elton Mangoma, Tsvangirai Says
Zimbabwean police arrested Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said.
Tsvangirai, speaking today during a meeting with business executives in Harare, the capital, said he was unaware of the circumstances of the arrest.
Mangoma, a senior official in Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change party, has faced accusations in the state- controlled media that he awarded a fuel-supply contract to a South African company without going through a tender process.
“Honorable Elton Mangoma was this morning picked up by three plain clothes police officers” at his office, the MDC said in a statement. “The reasons for his arrest are not clear.”
Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena couldn’t immediately comment on the arrest, saying by phone, “I don’t have details on that.”
To contact the reporter on this story: Nelson Gore Banya in Harare at ngbanya@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Karl Maier at kmaier2@bloomberg.net.
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