Former president, Robert Mugabe has told his family members that he doesn’t want his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa at his burial.
Mugabe has accused Mnangagwa and former Defence Forces Commander Constantino Chiwenga of betraying him in his hour of need for their role in his removal from power in 2017.
Mugabe, who is still bitter about his overthrow poured his heart to family members at the bedside of his hospital bed in Singapore.
He singling out of Mnangagwa and his current Zanu PF crew shows that he is not keen on forgiving them even in his death.
Mugabe is said to have branded Mnangagwa and Chiwenga as the two biggest traitors and his arch-enemies who conspired to wrest the presidency away from him after he had kept firm claws on power for a staggering 37 years.
“He had no kind words for those two. He blamed them for everything that has happened to him and kept referring to them as traitors,” sources said.
Mugabe has always described Mnangagwa as an “illegal and illegitimate president” who rose to power through the barrel of the gun and yearned for assistance from the African Union to restore his presidency. Mugabe apparently does not attach much value to his resignation on November 21, 2017, which he tendered under immense pressure from the army and following demonstrations that rocked the country.
According to the sources, Mugabe also revealed that he doesn’t want to be buried at the National Heroes Acre. Rather, he would prefer to be buried close to his mother, Bona in his home of Zvimba.
A family source was quoted as saying, “Mugabe has made it clear to his family that he does not wish to be buried at the National Heroes’ Acre anymore. He does not want to be associated with Mnangagwa and all those he now views as his betrayers and tormentors.
“He has said he doesn’t want them to sing and pontificate over his dead body. He has informed relatives about his decision and this is known in the family; it’s also now known in government circles.”
Mugabe has been in a Singaporean hospital for some time now.