President Robert Mugabe is plotting to arrest his formerly trusted ally Didymus Mutasa, an investigation has revealed.
The development comes shortly after Mugabe at his 91^st birthday celebrations in Victoria Falls, attacked Mutasa saying the latter’s group currently disgruntled over their ouster, wanted to kill him. Said Mugabe, “We are today saying Gamatox group (Mutasa and friends) wanted to overthrow the President, wanted even to kill him. You will remember that meeting of the youths.”
The plot, according to intelligence sources, involves four named party officials (names provided) who are reportedly working with members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO).
Their work involves constructing evidence from life files stored at the CIO headquarters.
Also in the alleged plot are other members of the secret service said to have infiltrated Mutasa’s so called Gamatox group.
The scheme involves planting incriminating documents in Mutasa’s files, a source said. Some of the incriminating material would also be planted at the offices of senior government officials believed to be still sympathetic to Mutasa and expelled Vice President Joice Mujuru.
A cyclonic raid is now said to be scheduled to take place in the next seven days, the source added.
Meanwhile Mugabe at the weekend went deeper to reveal his said ‘disgust’ of Mutasa.
He said Mutasa is part and parcel of a massive fraud by Mujuru allies.
“They had not prepared for it; they had not bought any food and now we discover lots of money had been given towards congress. Where did it go? Those are the things we are now discovering and once we discover that in fact that money was misused, vanofira mujeri (they will die in prison).”
He continued further alleging criminal diversion of funds,
“..cheating and cheating and cheating and even cheating at high level of members of the politburo who divert funds in order to create their own strength somewhere,” he said,
“Some of the funds were given by Tongat and Hullet through some of the people we expelled, to give the Gamatox group to strengthen their camp. This is what we are now told happened,” Mugabe said.