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Journalist David Hundeyin and Zimbabwe Permanent Secretary of Information, Nick Mangwana, clash on Twitter over his detention at the Harare Airport
Journalist, David Hundeyin, and the Permanent Secretary of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Service, Nick Mangwana, clashed on Twitter earlier today following his detention at the Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe on Wednesday, July 19.
The journalist was on Wednesday July 19, detained upon his arrival in the Southern African country. In a series of tweets, Hundeyin said he arrived in the Southern African country on the strength that it has a visa-free relationship with Nigeria but that upon his arrival, he was asked to provide his visa. He said he was later locked up with another woman from Uganda.
A Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono, sent a Tweet message to Mangwana asking that the authorities release Hundeyin as his arrest does not do the image of their country well. In his response, Mangwana defended the decision of the Zimbabwean government saying that the laws of their country are no respecter of any person. He went further to reveal that Hundeyin came into their country with ‘Ghanaian Refuge Papers as he was claiming to be running away from his country. He said the Ghanaian Refuge Papers’ requires a visa.
Hundeyin in his defense said that he inquired from the Zimbabwean embassy in Ghana if he required a visa and he was told he didn’t. He did not hesitate to express his displeasure that Mangwana put out his personal information on social media.
See their exchange below
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