Sunday Mail Reporter
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has made a formal request for the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage to engage with its European counterparts to facilitate the extradition of fugitive suspected murderer Peter Dube from Ireland.
Dube, who is wanted in connection with three counts of murder, one attempted murder case and violation of immigration laws, was arrested in Ireland a fortnight
ago after nearly three years on the run.
He now faces extradition after the Zimbabwe Republic Police successfully secured an international arrest warrant for his apprehension.
According to the NPA, the international arrest warrant permits the Ireland police — who are referred to as An Garda Síochán (Guardians of the Peace of Ireland) — to detain Dube pending extradition.
In an interview with The Sunday Mail, NPA chief public prosecutor Mr Clement Chimbari said: “The process has already begun and we are waiting for the Ministry of Home Affairs to take the documentation to the Ireland authorities to facilitate the process.
“The international arrest warrant allows the Ireland police to detain him for two weeks while the extradition process is being finalised.”
The process, said Mr Chimbari, may take some time since Dube must first appear before an Irish court.
It is alleged that on April 23, 2021, Dube, who was a car dealer, approached his second wife, Nyasha Nharingo, and her suspected lover Shelton Chinhango — also a car dealer — who were seated in a minibus parked outside a flat in Gweru’s Central Business District, where she lived.
He fatally shot Chinhango at close range and turned the gun on his second wife’s best friend, Gamuchirai Mudungwe, whom he shot in the chest.
She died instantly.
He then shot Nyasha and her sister Nyaradzo.
The two sisters were rushed to hospital, where Nyaradzo died on admission.
It is believed Dube and Nyasha had a long-standing dispute, with the former convinced that she was involved in an adulterous affair.
Earlier investigations by this paper indicated that five months after the shootings, Dube allegedly changed his identity and acquired a passport (A09465267) in Eswatini on October 28, 2021.
He later used the document to move to Ireland, where he applied for asylum, before being accommodated at
Red Cow Moran Hotel in Dublin.
The fugitive also later assisted his wife, Nomatter Chawana, and children to acquire new identities.
The Sunday Mail has gathered that police in Ireland recently picked up Chawana for questioning on suspicion of violating the country’s immigration laws after allegedly using forged travel documents to enter that country.
Chawana is said to have used a fake Eswatini passport, under the alias Nosipo Sandra Simelani, to migrate to Ireland.
An Garda Síochána press officer Mr Sean Brosnan confirmed that the Irish authorities were looking into the matter.