Dynamos Football Club founding member’s judgement set for January 31

Prosper Dembedza

Herald Correspondent

The defence case in the trial of Dynamos Football Club founding member Bernard Marriott Lusengo kicked off on Monday with him denying the charges.

Lusengo, who is facing allegations of corruptly acquiring 51 percent shareholding in the club and allocating shares to undeserving people who are not the club’s original members, said the complainants in the matter are not entitled to any shares in the company.

He argued that nobody challenged the registration of Dynamos Club Private Limited.

Leslie Gwindi is the complainant in the matter.

During cross-examination, the State led by Ms Dzidzai Josiah read a Supreme Court judgement which states that the club should be run in terms of its 1963 constitution.

A section in the club’s constitution states that former players (one of whom is a complainant in the matter) are entitled to a one percent share.

The State also said Lusengo held an extraordinary meeting in the absence of the complainants and repealed the 1963 constitution.

The presiding magistrate, Ms Yeukai Dzuda, deferred the matter to January 31 for judgement.

Investigations established that Lusengo allegedly declared himself the club’s chairman, and is said to have acted against a High Court order which awarded each founding member a one percent share.

The then High Court judge, Justice Luke Malaba gave the order after the ownership wrangle spilt into court in 2005.