President Mnangagwa who was poisoned at a rally says he has a suspect. “I suspect. I suspect as to who did it. They are still good friends...
President Mnangagwa who was poisoned at a rally says he has
a suspect. “I suspect. I suspect as to who did it. They are still good
friends of mine. I now suspect that they now know that I know,” he told The
Financial Times in an interview.
The President said it was not food poisoning. He said all
nine categories of food poisoning were negative.
“It was called a hard metal arsenic toxin. Arsenic toxin, something
like that. That’s the class of poison. And it’s not easy to come with it. They
say it’s colourless, it is tasteless and the areas where it could be found are
possibly two. Three initially, professors in that area eliminated this one, and
it was left with two countries. Russia and Israel. So it’s possible it came
from Russia,” he said.
He said those who poisoned him were surprised that he
survived because they expected him to die of cardiac arrest. He said doctors
have, however, declared that he was now okay. President Mnangagwa said his
calmness and collectedness after being castigated at rallies whose sole purpose
was to attack and humiliate him annoyed Mrs Mugabe even more.
“After the First Lady (former) castigates me (at a rally),
I’d shake her hand. I said thank you very much. She became even more annoyed.
Then the next day there was a rally. I didn’t go to that one, but I listened.
So I was being castigated there as a snake.
“And to deal with this snake you must crush the head. And
this snake is Mnangagwa, we must crush the head, not beat the tail or the body.
She went berserk on that one. At that stage now I believed she was not mentally
OK. Then the next day I was fired at about four o’clock. I got a letter. In
terms of section so and so, you are fired with immediate effect,” he said.
However, he said his Government was going to do everything
to protect the legacy of former President Robert Mugabe saying he remains a
father figure and a founding national icon.
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