Godfrey Japajapa has been jailed for two years for inciting public violence. Harare magistrate Learnmore Mapiye had initially sentence...
Godfrey Japajapa has been jailed for two years for inciting public violence.
Harare magistrate Learnmore Mapiye had initially sentenced Japajapa to three years in jail before she suspended one year on condition that he does not commit a similar offense in the next five years.
She said that since Japajapa was not a first time offender he deserved to be sent to prison. She said that Japajapa’s role during the July 30 polls was to merely monitor the election but went on to discuss election results with journalists from various media houses before they were officially announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.
Japajapa was accused of unlawfully making communication to induce violence on July 31 at Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Command Centre.
Japajapa said: “If people come to rallies it means they appreciate the candidate, you cannot follow a candidate whom you cannot vote for. … ZEC must do the right thing by announcing the proper results. Failure to do this, as leader of a civic organisation I am going to call for chaos in the country…”
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