By Dorrothy Moyo | Former President Robert Mugabe’s son in law Simba Chikore has been acquitted of  criminal abuse of office charges he was facing over the national airline, Air Zimbabwe.

Chikore was the national airline’s Chief Operating Officer into the time of the 2017 coup when his father in law was removed from power.

In his ruling, Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna said the Supreme Court had already made the same finding in matters that were previously heard in the upper court.

Chikore, was represented by lawyer Jonathan Samkange and Brighton Pabwe.

He was accused of flouting tender procedures and awarding security tenders to undeserving companies during the time he was leading the national airline in 2017.