MUGABE FINALLY OUSTED

HARARE – Robert Mugabe has been removed from power and detained after the military seized control of Zimbabwe.

Soldiers yesterday sealed access to government offices, parliamentary buildings and courts in central Harare, witnesses claimed. Troops also stormed a TV station and claimed they had targeted criminals around Mugabe. The country’s Major General SB Moyo said, they wanted to deal with people who ‘were committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country’. He said: “As soon as we have accomplished our mission, we expect that the situation will return to normalcy. “To the civil servants, as you are aware, there is a plan by the same individuals to influence the current purging that is taking place in the political sphere to the civil service.
“We are against that act of injustice and we intend to protect every one of you against that.” He added: “Our wish is that you enjoy your rights and freedoms as Zimbabwe returns to prosperity. “Provocation shall be met with appropriate response.”

Moyo also claimed the situation in Zimbabwe was not a ‘military takeover of government’. The military broadcast ordered all members of the army to regroup as ‘all leave is cancelled’. Moyo added: “We call upon all the war veterans to play a positive role in ensuring peace, stability and unity in the country. “To members of the Zimbabwe defence forces, all leave is cancelled and you are all to return to your barracks with immediate effect. ‘To the other security forces, we urge you to co-operate for the good of the country.” Tensions ratcheted in the southern African country after General Constantino Chiwenga challenged Mugabe over his decision to sack the vice president last week. It was seen as a power play to make way for his wife Grace to succeed him and establish a dynasty after Mugabe’s 37-year reign. A statement from a Twitter account claiming to belong to the ruling ZANU PDF party claims Mugabe, Grace and their family are under house arrest. It said ousted Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned as leader. It read: “There has been a decision to intervene because our Constitution has been undermined, in the interim Comrade Emmerson Mnangagwa will be President of ZANU PF as per the Constitution of our revolutionary organisation.

“Last night the family was detained and are safe, both for the Constitution and the sanity of the nation this was necessary.” The army has now reportedly taken over a paramilitary police support unit depot in Harare and has disarmed police officers there. A military source told Reuters: “They are now in charge of all armoury, all gates and roads leading in or out of the camp and all Support Unit details with guns have been disarmed.”

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