BULAWAYO-
The
deputy
headmaster
of
a
school
in
Mberengwa
has
gone
on
the
run
after
police
opened
a
probe
into
allegations
that
he
sexually
abused
dozens
of
boys.
Anymore
Gumbo
would
allegedly
invite
the
boys,
most
of
them
in
Form
1
and
2,
to
his
office
at
the
Lutheran-run
Masase
High
School
where
the
sickening
abuse
was
allegedly
carried
out.
National
police
spokesman
Commissioner
Paul
Nyathi
said
Gumbo
would
face
charges
of
aggravated
indecent
assault.
“A
team
from
the
Zimbabwe
Republic
Police
is
currently
probing
the
allegations
and
identifying
victims.
So
far,
one
complaint
has
been
identified,”
Nyathi
said
in
a
statement.
The
Chronicle,
citing
school
sources,
said
there
could
be
as
many
as
35
victims.
In
a
letter
to
parents
with
children
at
the
school,
headmaster
Albion
Masukume
said:
“I
write
with
sorrow
to
inform
you
that
allegations
of
child
abuse
by
one
of
our
staff
members
were
reported.
Currently
thorough
investigations
by
the
ministry
of
primary
and
secondary
education
and
the
police
are
underway.”
The
scandal
was
exposed
after
a
teacher
wrote
anonymously
to
the
district
office
of
the
primary
and
secondary
education
ministry.