A top Zanu-PF official and an ally of First Lady Grace Mugabe has tweeted that he and other 50 party officials are outside the country.
Jonathan Moyo tweeted that he is “relatively fine”.
The tweet has however been deleted but the BBC manged to get a screengrab of it:
Mr Moyo, who is also the minister for higher education, is among party officials that were pushing for Mrs Mugabe to take over from her husband.
WHERE IS THE CROCODILE
Meanwhile, There is uncertainty over the whereabouts of Emmerson Mnangagwa whose sacking as vice-president triggered the military takeover in Zimbabwe.
Several media reports say he returned to Zimbabwe last week having fled the country after he was fired.
The 263Chat news site is reporting that his handlers are keeping him away from the public to guarantee his security.
The site quotes a Zanu-PF official Patrick Chinamasa saying Mr Mnangagwa, who is nicknamed the crocodile, will be seen in public when his security is guaranteed.
“We have mapped a clear road map for the smooth transfer of power and Mnangagwa will come back to assume that leading role. We don’t know where his is but he is on his way back,” Mr Chinamasa said.
Another party official Obert Mpofu told a media briefing yesterday that Mr Mnangagwa’s absence shows he has self control:
“He is a disciplined cadre and has been under attack from negative forces but kept quiet, traits he got from the war. it is that quietness that has bore some good fruits into all this saga”.
Mr Mnangagwa was last seen on 4 November during a public rally, 263Chat reports.
