THE wife of an abducted Zimbabwe opposition activist has identified her husband’s dead body.
Tapfumaneyi Masaya, from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), was reported to have been bundled into a car by armed men.
A police spokesperson said that the other abductee was released for unknown reasons.
Masaya’s abduction is the latest in a series of kidnappings involving opposition and rights activists.
His wife said a body found on the outskirts of the capital, Harare, from where he was snatched, was that of her husband.
The CCC said Masaya, a cleric, along with a fellow activist, was campaigning for its candidate in a parliamentary by-election in a low-income constituency in Harare, when they were forced into a car in broad daylight.
Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed to the BBC the other person kidnapped, Jeffrey Kalosi, was freed under still-to-be-clarified circumstances by the captors.
The by-election was triggered, along with several others across the country, following a letter to the speaker of parliament by a self-proclaimed interim secretary-general of the CCC, alleging that some of the party’s MPs had ceased to be CCC members.
The speaker announced that the seats were vacant, despite the party leadership disowning Sengezo Tshabangu, who it said was acting at the behest of the ruling Zanu-PF party.
Zanu-PF has vehemently denied responsibility saying some aggrieved CCC leaders are behind Mr Tshabangu.
Masaya’s alleged abduction is the most recent in various kidnappings taking place of opposition party members and human rights activists.
They date back to the days of the late former President Robert Mugabe.
