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Mugabe had no guerilla name - Chiwenga
17 Aug 2016 at 06:47hrs | Views
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Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Constantino Chiwenga has confirmed that President Robert Mugabe didn't have a guerilla name, a nom de guerre.
In recent weeks opposition parties and social media users have been probing Mugabe's war credentials. According to Chiwenga, Mugabe, a former teacher had no need to have a nom de guerre because he was "already known".
He said even the late vice president Joshua Nkomo had no nom de guerre.
"The top leaders were elected by the people to lead the struggle and they made a supreme sacrifice to go out there to lead the combatants.
"There was no need for them to change their names because they were already known," he told the state controlled Herald.
Chiwenga did not explain who knew Mugabe at the time.
"It would be naïve for President Mugabe, for example, to change his name. Who didn't know that this is President Mugabe or Vice-President Joshua Nkomo or Vice-President Simon Muzenda or Ziyaphapha Moyo, or even our commanders Josiah Magama Tongogara? They were known".
In recent weeks opposition parties and social media users have been probing Mugabe's war credentials. According to Chiwenga, Mugabe, a former teacher had no need to have a nom de guerre because he was "already known".
He said even the late vice president Joshua Nkomo had no nom de guerre.
"There was no need for them to change their names because they were already known," he told the state controlled Herald.
Chiwenga did not explain who knew Mugabe at the time.
"It would be naïve for President Mugabe, for example, to change his name. Who didn't know that this is President Mugabe or Vice-President Joshua Nkomo or Vice-President Simon Muzenda or Ziyaphapha Moyo, or even our commanders Josiah Magama Tongogara? They were known".
Source - Herald
