Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi has resigned amid sexual misconduct allegations.
Mr Mohadi's resignation comes barely a week after allegation that he was involved in an illicit with a married woman went viral on social media.
Civil society had criticized the Vice President conduct calling for his resignation terming his action as one that contravenes the Office of the Vice President integrity and moral probity.
Mohadi, however in a press conference last week refuted the allegations, claiming that it was a set up from his political detractors.
"Following the recurring dis-information and virilisation of my alleged immoral unions, dispensed through awkward slacktivism, I am stepping down as the Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe in terms of Section 96 (2) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe (NO.20) Act, 2013 with immediate effect.”
“My decision to relinquish the Vice President post is also a way of respecting the citizens of this Great Nation, and my Party Comrades, some of whom would have been affected by the falsehoods and character assassination in the digital ecosystem,” Mohadi said in a statement
He becomes the first vice president to resign in the history of Zimbabwe.
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