TWO men masquerading as prophets from Johanne Masowe
Yenguvo Tsvuku were yesterday busted in Cranborne after an attempt to con a
family of a beast.
Tineyi Mkokeri, 28 and Wilfred Banda who claim to hail from
Banket claimed they had been sent by the ‘Spirit’ to deliver the family’s
father of an asthmatic attack which would result in him being a mental patient.
Not moved by their antics, the family contacted members of
the Traditional Medicine Practitioners Council (TMPC) who unearthed their fake
practices.
The two insist they are genuine prophets who help people
but had been moved by the love of wealth.
Banda admitted that he had lied to the family that they had
been led to their house by the spirit saying it was a way for them to be
accepted.
“On that issue we lied, it is a way for us to be accepted,
sezviya zvinoitwa kana uchipfimba musikana unotomuti unemota dzakawanda,” he
said.
“We were referred by one baba Yeu, a sangoma who has helped
this family and he said if we manage to help them we will even get a cow. Hanzi
baba vepo vanemombe dzakawanda mukavabatsira vanogona kukupai. He came with us
and he is the one who directed us here, akatotimirira pamarobbots,” he added.
Mkokeri said he had been promised ‘something’ after the
job.
“Madzibaba (Banda) said he wanted me to help him and we would
get something after the job,” he said.
Narrating the incident, the father of the family who
preferred anonymity said had they panicked, they would have fallen for the
two’s antics.
The two were armed with their regalia, a horn and some
teeth and are not registered practitioners.
“We had gone out and as soon as we arrived our worker said
we had visitors in the house who had been sent by the spirit from Chiweshe.
“We spoke to them and they were using threats for us to bow
to their demands. Hanzi tikasakunamatirai panezvinokuwanai. We asked kuti
Harare yese iyi pano ndopamanzwa kuti pane munhu anorwara zvikanzi tatumwa
nemweya tofanira kukukushayi mvura ine salt.
“We suspected that they were bogus and we chased them out
and instructed my wife to contact TMPC and here they are,” he said.
TMPC condemned the two’s actions and urged the public to be
on the lookout for such ‘criminals’.
“As TMPC we urge the people to be on the lookout for such
people. We have noted that such tsikamutandas are on the increase and fleecing
people of their money. We urge people to report any questionable behaviour,”
TMPC member said.
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