Zimbabweans will vote for Mugabe's corpse even when he's dead - Wife

Even if Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe was dead and his corpse was to run for an election, Zimbabweans will still vote for his corpse. These were the words of Grace Mugabe, wife of 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe to supporters of the ruling ZANU-PF party during a rally in Harare on Friday, February 17, 2017.

Grace, 51 who is seen as a possible successor to her ailing husband, told the crowd:

'One day when God decides that Mugabe dies, we will have his corpse appear as a candidate on the ballot paper.

You will see people voting for Mugabe as a corpse. I am seriously telling you -- just to show people how people love their president, she added.

Mugabe, the world's oldest leader, has been in power since Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 and will turn 93 on Tuesday, February 21.
 

Mugabe has vowed to stand again for re-election.