Zimbabwe\u2019s former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was sacked on Monday, has fled the country amid death threats, his allies say.<\/p>\n
President Robert Mugabe, 93, accuses his former deputy of plotting to take power from him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe went to apostolic church prophets to find out when Mugabe would die. But he was told he would die first,\u201d Mr Mugabe told supporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
First Lady Grace Mugabe is now the favourite to succeed her husband.<\/p>\n
Mrs Mugabe had been pushing for the removal of the vice-president, referring to him as a snake that \u201cmust be hit on the head.\u201d<\/p>\n
She is now expected to be appointed vice-president at a special congress of the ruling Zanu-PF party next month.<\/p>\n
Zanu-PF expelled Mr Mnangagwa from the party on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Mr Mugabe called his former deputy a conspirator and warned that he was planning to purge others in the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew a long time ago what he [Mnangagwa] was like. But we tried to shield you from it. He thought that by being close to me, I would carry him on my back to the presidency. But I didn\u2019t die, I didn\u2019t resign,\u201d he told his supporters at the headquarters of Zanu-PF in Harare.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope we can deal with others who were conspirators alongside him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Although Mr Mnangagwa has not commented in person, the angry, five-page statement attributed to him and apparently signed by him says he had been loyal to President Mugabe.<\/p>\n
He said that he was being \u201cvilified\u201d by people who draw their power \u201cnot from the people or party but from two individuals in the form of the first family\u201d.<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n
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