Chief Negomo best known for tormenting MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai for ‘marrying’ in November, has appeared in court charged with stealing President Mugabe’s inputs.
Lucius Chibvongodze (41) stands accused of defrauding Mvurwi Grain Marketing Board manager Sondelani Mhlanga of 140 bags of Compound D fertiliser under the Presidential Summer Crop Season.
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The court heard on January 7, 2014, Chibvongodze approached Mhlanga with a fictitious list of 140 beneficiaries purportedly from wards 14 and 16 in Mazowe district. The manager submitted to the misrepresentations and issued the accused a total of 140 bags valued at $4 760.
Chief Negomo converted these bags to his own use. Acting on a tip off CID Bindura carried out investigations leading to the recovery of 70 bags valued at $ 2 652 in a Bindura shop.
Chibvongodze said the charges were brought against him for cheap political mileage and to tarnish his good standing and reputation.
He also alleges that he only acted as a lobbyist after he was approached by his subjects seeking assistance with the procurement of fertiliser.
