Elliot Manyika dies in mysterious accident
Former Mashonaland Central Governor and Bindura Member of Parliament Elliot Manyika has died in a mysterious accident.
Manyika’s Mercedes-Benz burst a tyre, resulting in the driver losing control. The vehicle then rolled once and veered off along Masvingo Road on Saturday morning. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo.
According to police a ‘doctor’, was following behind and witnessed the accident and ferried Manyika to Mater Dei Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
In 1999 Manyika was appointed Mashonaland Central Governor taking over from Border Gezi who also died in a car accident on the same road.
Manyika was infamous for his hate-filled Nora song that fuelled the orgy of violence during the 2000 and 2002 elections. The song became the theme song at ZANU PF’s nightly torture bases across the country and its lyrics openly advocates violence and urges the MDC to be whipped into the Zanu PF way of doing things.
Manyika alongside senior ZANU PF officials David Parirenyatwa,Savior Kasukuwere,Stan Mudenge,Chris Mushowe, Didymus Mutasa and Kembo Mohadi are believed to be fiercely opposed to the power-sharing deal between ZANU PF and the MDC.
Memorable Quotes By Manyika
“Our machinery is now sharpened and we are saying to the MDC: “Here we come, we are going to attack you. We are raring to go.” We shall prove that indeed we can do without the white man in this country”
- 19 December 2001 on ZBC TV interview
“Death to the tea boy” – 17 December 2001 at a rally in Bindura
“The campaign is political and our detractors through business and industry have been trying to bring down the government the Yugoslavia way. We have a real war – we will overcome them.”
- On the increasing rate of inflation 05 Jul 2007.
“We have to gear up for violence against the opposition and we have to silence them at all costs especially here in the home province of our President . We have the army,police on our side and let’s teach them lessons that this country was won through blood.”
Viva ZANU ndeyeropa (Viva ZANU is the party of Blood) - From his Song Norah
Click Here to Watch Norah by Elliot Manyika
Posted by Simba Dzvairo
on December 7, 2008. Filed under Local News.
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