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Magufuli Feels the Weight of Assassination Survivor Tundu Lissu

Sources allied to Tanzania’s Ikuli have been alleging that President JP Magufuli is determined to wipe out all opposition candidates.

One of Magufuli’s biggest political threat is former MP now Tanzanian opposition figure Tundu Lissu.

Yester night, Tundu Lissu returned home three years after surviving an assassination in the capital, Dodoma.

Mr Lissu, 52, was stripped of his parliamentary seat while receiving treatment in Belgium for gunshot wounds sustained in the attack.

Tundu Lissu

3 years ago, a team of highly trained assasins led by the Dar’es-salaam Regional Commissioner Paul Makonda tailed then Singida East MP Tundu Lissu and made attempts on his life.

The team which was led by a close protection officer attached to Ikulu was directed to ensure that the MP was killed as he was becoming a thorn in the flesh of Magufuli.

The team used two cars, a Nissan Patrol and white saloon car to monitor the movements of the MP in Dodoma while RC Makonda coordinated the operation from a hotel in Dodoma. Makonda arrived in Dodoma one day before the operation with the sole purpose of executing the mission.

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Courtesy image of President of the Tanzania John Pombe Magufuli

On 8th June this year, Lissu declared interest to challenge incumbent John Magufuli for the presidency and had picked nomination papers from his Chadema party through representatives.

Tanzania is preparing to hold general elections in October and President Magufuli is vying for a second five-year term.

Human rights groups had asked the government to facilitate Mr Lissu’s safe return.