Zanzibar Presidential candidate Maalim Seif reports to police after release

ACT-Wazalendo's National Chairman Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad at one of his past rallies

By  The Citizen Reporter

What you need to know:

  • Mr Hamad, and Prof Omar Fakih, were arrested by the police on Thursday, October 29 in the morning soon after he had concluded a press conference in Zanzibar.
  • The arrest came after preliminary results from the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) showed that the CCM presidential candidate Dr Hussein Mwinyi was in the lead.

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