Chivayo’s bodyguards go berserk

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This publication understands that on Good Friday, the touts only realised that it was Chivayo after he had driven past them at Mverechena shopping centre in Domboshava on his way to the Nyakudya area.

“The touts then waited for him on his return. When he came back, he was in a convoy together with his security,” a witness said.

“On his way back, the touts barricaded the road and Wicknell could not pass through.

“The touts always do that; when they see someone popular or seemingly rich, they barricade the road and wait for the person to give them something.

“Last week, they did that to Nelia (Kadungure, Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure’s sibling) and she gave them US$50, like she always does.”

Added the witness: “When Wicknell’s bouncers saw that the touts were not budging, they got out of their cars and started beating them up.

“I was watching from a distance, but I saw the touts being beaten up.”

When asked about what really transpired, the touts were evasive. “That’s a hot issue,” one of them said. Contacted for comment, Chivayo initially denied the fracas, saying “that’s fake news”.

Later on, he admitted that there was an incident.

In an audio recording, he said: “Some three weeks ago, I was on my way to the Nyakudya area.

“I was in my car and my security was behind me in a (Toyota) Fortuner.

“So you know what those touts do when they see me, ‘Sir Wicky, please leave something (money), Sir Wicky.

“I managed to pass and was in a rush, I wanted to get there by 9am.

“On my way back, they barricaded the road and circled my car saying I would not pass unless I left them something.”

Chivayo said he sometimes gave crowds US$200 when they doorstep him.

“But unfortunately I had left behind about US$5 000 at church to assist with a funeral that had happened there and I was left with about US$2,” he said.

“The other boys understood my plea, and wanted to let me pass, but there was this one boy who went right in front of my car and I could not move forward.

“So that’s when security came in, and they told him that I had no money.

“No one was beaten, actually there was love. Everyone was just calling my name and they were begging that I give them some (Toyota) Aquas.

“No one was beaten or scolded. The security just told them that I did not have money.”

He added: “But this young man was adamant, he was lying on the bonnet and denying me passage.

“So because of the (Mercedes-Benz) Maybach system that if it senses that something is in its way, it brakes, so it did that like three times.

“The security managed to manhandle him and I drove forward, but somehow he went on the loose and dashed in front of the car demanding that I leave something.”

Chivayo alleged the case was being blown out of proportion.

“So some people just want to create stories out of nothing, maybe expecting that they will induce me into giving them some money,” he said.

“Nothing like that (bashing) happened.

“Everyone else was cheering me and calling my name. Just one drunk boy was being troublesome.”

Chivayo recently donated US$1 million to Nehemiah Mutendi’s Zion Christian Church (ZCC) at its Easter service in Masvingo province.