Zimbabwean opposition lawmaker kidnapped

Zimbabwean member of parliament, Takudzwa Ngadziore, 25, has become the latest opposition member to allegedly be abducted.

Mr Ngadziore, a member of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), posted a video on Facebook showing a gun-toting man he said was chasing him.

“I am being followed,” the panting MP said on camera.

He was later allegedly found naked in the bush north of the capital, Harare. The CCC says he was tortured and injected with an unknown substance. He is currently being treated for beatings he received from his captors.

Mr Ngadziore’s experience is similar to that of a former Harare opposition MP, James Chidhakwa, who says he was abducted and tortured by unknown assailants last month.

In early September, two CCC councillors-elect say they were abducted and released after being tortured.

This follows a long pattern of the abduction of opposition politicians and human rights activists in Zimbabwe.

The CCC describes the incidents as an uptick in the harassment of its members following disputed elections in August. It blames state agents for the violence against its members.

The ruling Zanu-PF party and the government dismiss the abductions, saying they are stage-managed in order to tarnish the government’s image.

Several hours after Mr Ngadziore’s alleged abduction, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi told the BBC the police were yet to receive an official report.