Physique of Ali Mohamed Kibao, who was faraway from a bus by armed males, discovered with indicators he had been overwhelmed, Chadema says.
An preliminary investigation into the killing of a senior opposition official in Tanzania has discovered that he was overwhelmed and doused with acid, in keeping with his occasion.
The physique of Ali Mohamed Kibao, a member of the secretariat of the principle opposition Chadema occasion, was discovered on Saturday, a day after two armed males compelled him off a bus heading from Dar-es-Salaam to the northeastern port metropolis of Tanga, occasion chairman Freeman Mbowe stated on Sunday.
“The [preliminary] autopsy has been executed and it’s apparent that Ali Kibao has been killed after being severely overwhelmed and even having acid poured on his face,” Mbowe informed journalists, including {that a} full post-mortem report was anticipated on Monday.
“We can not permit our folks to proceed disappearing or being killed like this,” he stated.
He added that a number of different occasion officers had additionally gone lacking, with out giving particulars.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan stated she had ordered an investigation into Kibao’s “assassination”.
“Our nation is democratic and each citizen has the correct to dwell. The federal government I lead doesn’t tolerate such brutal acts,” she wrote on X, providing her condolences to his household, pals and occasion leaders.
Police stated they have been investigating the “tragic incident”.
Mbowe urged the president to type a judicial fee to research abductions and the killing of Kibao, including that police have been among the many suspects within the case.
Kibao’s dying comes a month after police arrested and briefly detained greater than 500 Chadema supporters and senior leaders throughout a gathering.
International rights group Amnesty Worldwide had described the mass arrests in August as a “deeply worrying signal” within the run-up to native authorities elections in December and common elections due subsequent yr.
Hassan has taken some steps to ease restrictions on the media and opposition since coming to energy in 2021.
However rights teams and authorities opponents have raised fears the latest crackdown on the opposition might sign a return to the oppressive insurance policies of Hassan’s predecessor, the late President John Magufuli.
