Five members of the same family were charged with the murder
of a prophet who had been called to their home in Mazonde village, Zimbabwe to
help them cleanse their house of evil spirits.
The accused family identified as Leanmore Mutero, Tonderai
Muswere, Michael Muchengeti, Manasa Mutero and Nicholas Mutero appeared at the
High Court in Harare facing a murder charge for participating in the death of
self-professed Prophet Shamiso Kanyama, who accidentally died during a healing
ceremony.
Pastor Kanyama had asked his followers to bury him alive so
that he could summon more cleansing powers to heal the family that had been
plagued by mysterious deaths.
The five men had requested the priest to help them clean
their home of evil spirits because it was causing mysterious deaths in their
family.
Responding to their request to perform a healing ceremony,
Kanyama had ordered his followers to dig a grave and bury him alive because
that was the way he summoned more healing powers to ward off evil spirits.
However, when the men dug up the grave again to get him out, they found him
dead.
Kanyama helped to dig his own grave before praying and
jumping inside, Father Zvidzai, who has turned State witness, told the High
Court.
He continued that after laying face down in the grave, the
prophet ordered his followers to start covering him with soil, “He pegged a
grave-shaped pit in front of my hut and asked for help to dig the pit,” Zvidzai
continued. “The deceased requested to be buried alive so that he would gain
power to drive away the evil forces.”
Fearing for the life of the prophet as the men were in the
process of filling the grave, he requested the men to stop what they were
doing, Joseph Taderera told Justice Tagu.
However, they ignored his pleas when Kanyama urged them to
continue the process of burying him alive, stating that he would rise from the
grave unharmed, “I warned the men about the danger of their actions, but my
advice fell on deaf ears because Kanyama shouted, telling me that I am
disturbing his angels, and urged them to continue filling the grave, saying
that he would later come out alive,” Taderera said.
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