Acie Lumumba says award winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has more followers and supporters on social media than on the ground where he needs them the most.

Posting on twitter Lumumba said Hopewell is getting a reality shock that online he has an army of supporters but in prison even closest friends have deserted him.

“Hopewell is getting a reality shock that online he has an army of supporters but not even closest friends will visit in prison. After many arrests under Mugabe regime I learnt never to be fooled by morari wepamasaisai, you sleep on cold cement wega and people move on.Unopfurirwa!”

Chin’ono was on Monday denied bail and remanded in custody until 7 August after the state opposed bail on grounds that the accused person was likely to interfere with witnesses and would be instrumental in mobilising Zimbabweans to demonstrate against the government on the 31st of July.

Lumumba said he will never be fooled into insulting the government as he was once arrested for insulting the late former President Robert Mugabe, he blamed the 92 year-old leader for all the social and economic problems, which are currently bedeviling the nation.