In an affidavit filed by her lawyers Manase and Manase Legal Practitioners, First Lady Grace Mugabe claimed that she is the victim in the diamond ring saga and was conned of nearly $1,4 million by Lebanese businessman, Jamal Ahmed, whom she accused of joining hands with her political foes to soil her family’s image.
In the opposing affidavit, the First Lady said she did not invade anyone’s premises as she is a victim of a person she described as an “international fraudster wanted by the international police”. Grace narrated how she met Ahmed’s daughter and wife, Zeina, in Dubai, although she said on their first meeting they had not discussed the diamond ring and instead only had tea.
She says despite having transferred funds into Ahmed’s account, Ahmed refused to show her the diamond that would be put on the ring she was purchasing for her husband, Robert Mugabe for their 20th wedding anniversary. Grace said in June 2016, Ahmed went quiet for a long time and Mugabe kept asking whether the ring would be ready in time for their anniversary in August. She says she asked for her money back after Ahmed failed to deliver the ring.
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