Harare, Dec 2(ANI): Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has divorced his wife, Locadia Tembo, just 12 days after his marriage, and held his rival, Robert Mugabe and agents responsible for the 'plot'.
Tsvangirai, 59 said 'an active political hand' was responsible for circulating stories in newspapers that he had to marry Tembo because she was pregnant.
Tembo will reportedly give birth to twins next year.
"There is a greater and thicker plot around this issue which has undermined my confidence in this relationship. The marriage has been hijacked and there is an apparent active political hand that is now driving the processes," The Daily Mail quoted Tsvangirai, as saying.
"State security agents have weighed in to force and direct proceedings, which has resulted in everything regarding this relationship now taking place on camera. The intention is clear: to inflict maximum damage on my person and character for political gain," he added.
His statement came in the wake of the country's media describing complications in their relationship, and highlighting that Tembo had tried to commit suicide over the issue.
"Since the day I married, everything has been played in the press and I have become an innocent bystander. I have become a spectator and things are happening too fast, on camera and without my knowledge," he said.
"This has led me to conclude that there is a greater and thicker plot around this issue which has undermined my confidence in this relationship," he added.
Tsvangirai joined hands with his rival Mugabe in a unity government following the 2008 elections, but both men had reportedly been in a bitter cold war for the past three years.
Tsvangirai's first wife, Susan had died in a car accident in 2009. (ANI)
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