{"id":17293,"date":"2019-12-26T17:38:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T15:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=17293"},"modified":"2019-12-26T17:38:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T15:38:38","slug":"chiyangwa-threatens-to-sue-zifa-lawyers-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiyangwa-threatens-to-sue-zifa-lawyers-report","title":{"rendered":"Chiyangwa threatens to sue Zifa lawyers \u2013 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Zifa boss Philip Chiyangwa has allegedly threatened to sue the association\u2019s current lawyers after they reported him to the police.<\/p>\n<p>Chiyangwa is being accused of abusing Zifa\u2019s funds during his tenure, and the current administration, led by Felton Kamambo, through its lawyers Ngarava, Moyo and Chikono opened a case at the Commercial Crimes Unit at Harare Central Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>According to NewsDay, the businessman has responded by writing to the lawyers, threatening to sue them for reporting him to the police and leaking information to the media.<\/p>\n<p>Details have emerged in the past two weeks \u201cexposing\u201d how Chiyangwa milked the association.<\/p>\n<p>The Kamambo administration also tried to forbid the ex-Zifa boss from taking part in all football-related activities, but the ban was reversed by FIFA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Zifa boss Philip Chiyangwa has allegedly threatened to sue the association\u2019s current lawyers after they reported him to the police. 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