Warriors supporters’ club apologises for ‘T Buns’

Zhakata was arrested in Mozambique on Sunday night for fraud after he led a group of support­ers on a drinking binge in which they accrued a US$1200 bill at a Maputo hotel, which they failed to set­tle.
The incident embarrassed Zifa, the Zim­babwe embassy officials in Mozam­bique who on Monday were trying to make frantic efforts to have him released from Mozambi­can police custody.
Zhakata had led a group of about 40 fans who travelled by bus from Harare to Maputo to support the Warriors in their World Cup qualifier against Mozam­bique, which fin­ished 0-0.
Yesterday the supporters’ club issued a statement apologising for Zhakata’s behav­iour but main­tained that they would not lose focus on their bid to give the Warriors full support in their African Cup of Nations qual­ifier against Burundi at the National Sports Stadium.
Lynn Green, the association’s vice-presi­dent, also distanced her club from the behav­iour of their leader.
“We as Warriors Friends Club would like to express our sincere apologies with regards to the issue that happened in Mozambique during an away assign­ment against the Mambas.
“However, we would like to distance ourselves as an association from per­sonal behavior of mem­bers of the organ­isation and we advise you that our disci­plinary committee is looking into the issue.
“The main objective of W.F.C is sup­porting our Warriors and we urge all the soccer loving fans to come out in their numbers to rally behind our Warriors on Sunday against Burundi in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, second round,’’ said Green.
Zhakata’s group recently came into the spotlight by claiming that they were the authentic national supporters club.
They have largely been viewed as a rival organ to the Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association that is led by Eddie “Mboma’’ Nyatanga.