PROSECUTOR-General Kumbirai Hodzi could land in soup over allegations of abusing and using his position for personal benefit in the ongoing arrests and alleged harassment of lawyers behind the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application against his appointment.

In a test case for the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), lawyer Joshua Chirambwe submitted a complaint against Hodzi, saying he should be investigated for corruption.

Chirambwe said he had picked information that Hodzi instructed the police to arrest lawyers who were involved in filing a ConCourt application argued by Thabani Mpofu against his appointment on grounds that it was unconstitutional and he was not fit to hold office.

“When the application was opposed, I picked whispers which seemed to suggest that PG Hodzi had instructed the police to arrest my counsel, Advocate Mpofu, arising out of this and a related application.

“I am of the view that the PG has misconducted himself in a criminal manner abusing public power for his own personal benefit.