Mnangagwa withdraws Mugabe aides

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa reportedly withdrew his predecessor Robert Mugabe’s security details on the eve of yesterday’s general election, in a suspected act of vengeance after the former leader threw his weight behind opposition MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa.

The close security aides were reportedly recalled on Sunday night shortly after Mugabe addressed a Press conference at his Blue Roof mansion in Harare, where he declared that he would not vote for his “Zanu PF tormentors”

National Patriotic Front (NPF) official Jealousy Mawarire, who has emerged as Mugabe’s de facto spokesperson, confirmed on Twitter that Mugabe’s State security officers had been recalled.

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