By Farai D Hove| We personally saw (former Vice President) Phelekezela Mphoko being “deported”, two men have insisted saying.

The two made their confessions yesterday following their LIVE video which shows Mphoko and his family escaping cameras while hiding their faces. The shocking footage comes as professor Jonathan Moyo yesterday also stated that Mphoko has been handed over to the Zimbabwe National Army.

The two men appear in the latest file footage screaming out that this is clearly Phelekezela Mphoko being deported. Voices are then heard vocalising in loud Plumtree liguo – another piece of suggestive evidence that the video was shot near the Zimbabwe-Botswana border.

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Prof Moyo says Mphoko has been repatriated from Botswana back into Zimbabwe and handed to military personnel at the border.

“Impeccable sources in Plumtree say that the Botswana Immigration authorities have today handed over former VP Phelekezela Mphoko to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces who are said to be holding him,” wrote Moyo.

The development has also been confirmed by the state media.

Clad in a white shirt, Mr Mphoko and his family arrived at the Zimbabwean side of the border at 1:15pm aboard a Zimbabwe Department of Immigration minibus accompanied by Botswana immigration officials, the state media report says. It continues:

He was with his wife Laurinda, son, Siqokoqela, and seven other family members.

Only Siqokoqela disembarked from the minibus, making some phone calls to a team of drivers that were waiting for them.

The minibus, however, drove to the departure section, where they offloaded their luggage and groceries.

But Mr Mphoko, still trying to evade the news crew, remained in the minibus.

Siqokoqela filled in the immigration papers before handing them back to Zimbabwe immigration officials for processing.

It seems as if the Mphoko family did not have their passports at hand, nor were they stamped, fuelling speculation that they could have been deported.

However, sources at the border said the Botswana immigration officials told their Zimbabwean counterparts that they had been ordered to escort Mr Mphoko and his family.

“What we heard is that the Botswana immigration officials said they got an order from above that they should escort a diplomat back to Zimbabwe and that the diplomat had chosen to leave Botswana on his own volition,” said the source.

After completing the paperwork, the minibus with Mr Mphoko and other family members was driven towards the Botswana side, followed by a convoy of vehicles that had come to collect him.

Midway between the two borders, Mr Mphoko and the rest of the family members disembarked from the minibus and entered into the convoy of cars in an effort to evade the lenses of the pursuing news crew.

His convoy caused a momentary traffic jam as it blocked vehicles coming from the Botswana side.

The drama, however, generated a lot of interest such that by the time Mr Mphoko got into the convoy of cars, a small crowd had gathered to watch the spectacle.

The convoy then whisked Mr Mphoko and his family away at about 2pm, with Siqokoqela driving his vehicle next to the Mercedes-Benz carrying his father in a bid to block the photographer’s view.

Earlier, he had gestured at the photographer ordering him to stop taking pictures.