Cape Town – Zimbabwean former local government minister and Zanu-PF legislator Christopher Chingosho was reportedly arrested over the weekend after calling the country’s First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa a prostitute.
According to News Day, the MP insulted the first lady after he was not invited to an event in his constituency.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s wife was in Rusape in Chief Makoni’s compound, promoting her Nharire yeMusha programme which sought to empower parents and guardians. She also led a cook out competition for women, the report said.
Soon after she left, Chingosho reportedly went to the compound and questioned why he had not been invited.
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“He arrived at the finction and complained against the failure by the first lady to invite him.
“He said the first lady was a whore because she did not invite him.
“Some party members who attended the event immediately reported him to the police leading to his arrest,” The Standard quoted a senior Zanu-PF official in Rusape as saying.
Chishongo also faced a further charge of pointing a gun on Chief Makoni’s wife at her homestead, reports said.
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