Controversial and high-living Harare businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, was arrested at the crack of dawn at his home yesterday — in connection with his power deals which saw him being advanced $5 million before work commenced at one of the contentious projects and he could appear in court today.
His lawyer Thabani Mpofu confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that Chivayo had been taken in by security agents, although he was not sure whether this had been done by the police or the military.
Wicknel Chivayo
“At the moment I am still frantically trying to establish what happened. I thought by now I would have made headway, but nothing has come up yet.