Mugabe Was Warned Of Imminent Coup, Ignored: Jonathan Moyo

Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister in former President Mugabe’s cabinet, Jonathan Moyo, claims that Mugabe ignored coup warnings. He says that Mugabe trusted Mnangagwa and Chiwenga so much that he believed that they would never betray him. Mugabe fired his then Vice President Mnangagwa in November 2017 who immediately fled into exile. Soon after Mnangagwa fled, the Military then led by Constantino Chiwenga forced Mugabe to resign and Mnangagwa was elevated to the Presidency. In an interview with Alex Magaisa, Moyo said

… although he got various reports from different sources about the planning of the coup, President Mugabe did not believe those reports because he trusted Mnangagwa and Chiwenga more than he trusted those who gave him the reports.

It is my considered judgment that President Mugabe genuinely and truly believed that Mnangagwa and Chiwenga would never countenance toppling him from power.

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