HARARE – The family of a political activist missing since Tuesday have made an impassioned plea for her safe return.
Moreblessing Ali, 46, was allegedly attacked by a mob of alleged Zanu PF supporters on Tuesday night in the Nyatsimbe area of Chitungwiza, and then bundled into a car. Her family has not heard from her since.
The mother of two recently became a grandmother after her son was blessed with a child.
Her brother Washington Ali said: “We’re very concerned for her safety. We have accounts that she was badly assaulted at the local shops at Nyatsimbe while in the company of her neighbour. The neighbour, we understand, was attacked with catapults and fled from the scene.
“The local MP Godfrey Sithole has been meeting the police today (Saturday). We understand police are afraid of the local Zanu PF chairman and his brother who have been identified as some of the people present when she was beaten up and abducted.”
Ali, the former MDC chairman in the United Kingdom, said his sister was politically active in the Citizens Coalition for Change. The family is convinced she was targeted for her political activism.
Ali said friends were holding prayer services on social media platforms, hoping for good news.
He added: “This happened on Tuesday and it’s now Saturday. We believe she needs urgent medical care and as the days go by, you really begin to panic about what has happened to her.”
Zimbabwe’s security services have been accused of a series of abductions of opposition supporters, which the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change fears will get worse ahead of elections next year.
You can call the police or pass on information anonymously to the family on the following numbers: +263773402829 or +447473818964
