Chronicle Editor
Danisa Masuku
A BULAWAYO man was hauled to court for allegedly masquerading as a Central Intelligence Officer (CIO).
Prince Abraham Dzimati (32) from Nkulumane suburb appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Ms Nomagugu Maphosa facing charges of impersonation.
He was remanded out of custody to 18 October on US $50 bail.
Allegations against Dzimati are that between August and September, he frequented the Bulawayo Magistrate’s Courts at Tredgold Building purporting to be an official working in the President’s Office in Bulawayo.
He allegedly told court clerks that he was making a follow-up on a maintenance case that involved one Mr Noor Hussein.
Dzimati ran out of luck after a senior court clerk got suspicious and phoned the President’s office to establish whether Dzimati was indeed a CIO operative or not.
The court heard that officers from the President’s office laid an ambush for Dzimati at the Bulawayo magistrate courts leading to his arrest.
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