MDC party commissar (organising secretary) Amos Chibaya was on Monday acquitted of treason, a charge laid against him after the January fuel price hike protests.
The Mkoba MP was being accused of trying to subvert a constitutionally elected government based on a statement he is alleged to have made in the media.
Chibaya was quoted in the media as having said that he would mobilise his supporters to march to State House to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to go “packing”.
However, on Monday, the State led by prosecutor Constance Madzudzo made an application before magistrate Edwin Marecha to withdraw the charge. She said:
The State makes an application to withdraw the charge before the plea. It is also with the consent of the defence counsel.
Chibaya was recently acquitted on another charge of public violence that emanated from the January fuel price hike protests.
Pastor Evan Mawarire and Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions president Peter Mutasa were set let off the hook from treason charges they were also facing.