By Farai D Hove|  President Emmerson Mnangagwa has performed a sudden swift move to seal a deal with his former boss, Robert Mugabe, ZimEye can reveal.

A serious risk has emerged if Mnangagwa flops on this following revelations that Mugabe is preparing to back a splinter Zanu PF in the name of the National Patriotic Front.

Mnangagwa on Wednesday voiced worries on the matter and told ZANU PF youths at the party headquarters if the facts are established he would need to do something.

While analysts speculated that he intends to either humiliate or attack his former boss, insiders revealed to ZimEye.com that he has to the other hand pursued a rather subtle and quiet approach using former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda. The latter was instrumental in influencing Mugabe to resign following the coup in November last year.

The deal should see a classic Putin-Medvedev relationship emerge between Mnangagwa and Mugabe, the latter who has been the brand face of ZANU PF for more than 40 years since the war. While Mnangagwa was Mugabe’s underdog, as it were, it was Mugabe who carried the party’s brand flame and weeks after the coup, villagers have struggled to shift their heartfelt allegiance to Mnangagwa. Mnangagwa has for years borne the brand of a Satanist. He would even boast that he “was trained to kill and destroy,” a direct reference to Satan in the Bible, while Mugabe was portrayed a “the Angel Gabriel”, as it were.

“He is in talks as we speak and expect a deal anytime,” a source revealed to this reporter.

Another source described the two as having a Putin-Medvedev relationship. Russian President Vladimir Putin has exchanged power with his predecessor Dmitry Medvedev. In 2011, Medvedev shocked Russians when he announced that he was ceding the presidency back to Vladimir Putin in what was said to be “clarity” that Medvedev was never more than a placeholder for his mentor. Although there has not been a coup in Russia as was in Zimbabwe, critics who have analysed Mnangagwa in recent days have described him under the same tones – “a Mugabe placeholder.” This has somewhat been confirmed by the way he (Mnangagwa) has spoken of Mugabe as was at the recent Davos summit where he said his former boss has never made a mistake. – More to follow…