Dr Dumiso Dabengwa who died in Kenya on Thursday has been declared a National Hero
Vice President Kembo Mohadi who was leading a handful government officials to Bulawayo’s Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Airport to receive the body of the liberation war icon made the announcement.
Meanwhile, Dr Dabengwa’s family has arrived in Bulawayo.
His body was set to arrive aboard a South African Airways plane but it turned out it could not fit into the space of the plane that flew from Johannesburg to Bulawayo.
Hundreds of his followers, friends and family who had thronged the airport to receive his body were left disappointed over the news.
There were rumours his body could now come via Harare, further angering his Zapu allies who felt the Emmerson Mnangagwa led administration was trying to profit from the giant profile of the late former Zipra intelligence chief.