MDC secretary-general Chalton Hwende has distanced himself from claims by pro-ZANU PF and government social media activists popularly know as Varakashi (destroyers), that he masterminded terrorist activities being perpetrated by machete-wielding gangs across the country.
Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com on Saturday, Hwende claimed that the accusations were a stratagem devised by State agents to eliminate him. He said:
I am aware the system wants to eliminate me and are now using their agents to try and link me to this murderous group as a way of getting me arrested and shifting blame to the MDC in order for them to ban the party.
