Chitoro led Zanu PF terror gangs who killed and tortured many MDC supporters, mainly in Zvishavane and Mberengwa districts of the Midlands province.

However in an interview with the Daily News at his homestead  in Madhoro village in Mberengwa on Tuesday, Chitoro, who  last year came out in public asking for  forgiveness  from  his victims, said Mugabe was the stumbling block in the  smooth running of the government of national unity.

“We  know  that  old man can’t share  power  with anybody, that’s  why you see this unity government facing many problems,” said Chitoro, who says he has quit politics and is now a born again Christian.

“Look, in the 1980s he brutalized Joshua Nkomo supporters forcing him (Nkomo) to go under his feet.”

Chitoro says Mugabe is good at using other people, especially uneducated ones in order to stay in power.

“He is good at using other people, especially among us war veterans because the majority of our colleagues never went to school,” he said.

The war veteran leader said although he is still Mberengwa district chairman for  the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), he wanted nothing to do with Zanu PF.

“You don’t need to be Zanu PF to lead war veterans. I am still the chairman and have nothing to with that party vakandishandisa zvikakwana (they used me and that was enough),” he said.

Chitoro said he now spends most of his time conducting business for his Vapostori church or at his garden.

By Daily News