Daily Mail: 'I was poisoned' declares the Croc: Zimbabwe's president-in-waiting says he had to 'act before he was eliminated' as he returns to Harare and gleefully gives his first speech to supporters since Mugabe resigned
* President Designate Emmerson Mnangagwa, 75, gave speech to Zanu PF supporters in Harare on Wednesday
* Mugabe's former deputy said he was poisoned and decided to act rather than 'wait for them to eliminate me'
* He gleefully referred to Mugabe as the 'former president' while promising democracy, peace and jobs
* Mnangagwa is expected to be sworn in as Zimbabwe's interim leader on Friday until elections due for 2018
Zimbabwe's president designate Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived back in Zimbabwe on Wednesday where he delivered a tub-thumping speech to jubilant Zanu PF supporters in the capital Harare.
Mr Mnagagwa used his first public words after arriving back from South Africa to accuse the Mugabe regime of trying to poison him, and said he decided to act rather than 'wait for them to eliminate me.'
He also gleefully referred to Robert Mugabe as the 'former president' to wild applause from the crowd.
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