{"id":686883,"date":"2019-08-20T17:59:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T17:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Zimbabwe\u2019s former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is being treated as a fugitive after fleeing from anti-corruption officials.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mphoko was due at a police station to make a statement on allegations "},"modified":"2019-08-20T17:59:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T17:59:18","slug":"zimbabwe-ex-vice-president-declared-a-fugitive-after-swerving-anti-corruption-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/20\/zimbabwe-ex-vice-president-declared-a-fugitive-after-swerving-anti-corruption-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe ex-Vice-President declared a fugitive after swerving anti-corruption officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Zimbabwe\u2019s former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is being treated as a fugitive after fleeing from anti-corruption officials.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mphoko was due at a police station to make a statement on allegations being levelled against him but drove away when his car was approached by the officials, AFP news agency reports.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer said he feared being detained and poisoned.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mphoko was a co-vice-president under Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n<p>He served alongside current President Emmerson Mnangagwa when Mr Mugabe was ousted by the military in November 2017, but the two have fallen out.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mphoko was part of a faction that wanted Mr Mugabe\u2019s wife, Grace, to succeed him rather than Mr Mnangagwa, the Mail and Guardian reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) wants to talk to him about alleged abuse of office, the newspaper adds.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mphoko\u2019s lawyer, Zibusiso Ncube, said that his client was willing to answer questions but left when he heard \u201cthey [the police] had instructions to detain him\u201d, AFP quotes him as saying. Mr Ncube told the Mail and Guardian that his client feared being injected \u201cwith a lethal poison\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the president fired Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira \u201cfor conduct inappropriate for a minister of government\u201d after her arrest over the disappearance of millions of dollars from the country\u2019s pension fund.<\/p>\n<p>ZACC alleges the money went missing during her time as minister of labour and social welfare. Ms Mupfumira denies the allegations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is being treated as a fugitive after fleeing from anti-corruption officials. Mr Mphoko was due at a police station to make a statement on allegations being levelled against him but drove away when his car was approached by the officials, AFP news agency reports. 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