A self-styled prophet and son of a prominent church pastor was on Saturday humiliated during his wedding in Budiriro.
Ezekiel Chivasa was not only undressed by his estranged
wife Jacqueline Mbangami, 25, when he was set to exchange wedding vows with his
pregnant sweetheart Tafadzwa Mukanganga but forced his parents into a meeting
that took away their wedding gifts and joy as they tried to correct his
irresponsibility.
The wedding was held at Chivasa’s in-laws’ residence. Mbangami
appeared at the wedding accompanied with her relatives when Bishop Jerdan
Paradise was about to allow the two to say their wedding vows in holy matrimony
and presented her issues to the marriage officer.
“DJ can you increase music volume to allow me attend to
this issue before we move on with our wedding vows,” Bishop Paradise announced
to invited guests.
Bishop Paradise, after agreeing with Mbangani and Chivasa
family, brought smiles back to the guests that the wedding was going on as the
families had met for way forward.
Among the Chivasa family members who attended the meeting
with Mbangani family was musician Jonah Chivasa who professed ignorance of his
brother’s shenanigans.
“To be honest I only learnt of Ezekiel’s child with
Jacqueline on the last hour and we had agreed as a family to move the wedding
date but preparation costs carried the day,” said Chivasa.
“We nearly cancelled the wedding date and his unresolved
issues have left us with egg on face especially for my father who is a pastor
and myself as a musician.
“I would like to thank Mbangani family for allowing the
marriage officer to go ahead with officiating the marriage as we met to assure
the family of our support of the child.
“The incident has affected our mother more considering that
she has not been well for the past months.
“Tichatopedzisira takumbira iye Ezekiel abve pa high table
ambopindawo nesu meeting kuti vekwa Mbangani vamuudze zvichemo zvavo,” said
Chivasa.
Impeccable sources close to Chivasa family told H-Metro
that they paid US$500 as fine to Mbangani family for the wedding to move on
while they find a common ground to address the two-year-old baby’s
responsibilities.
The bride, Tafadzwa went into tears as she looked in
disbelief when the wedding was temporarily stopped for almost 20 minutes.
The bride’s mother Gladys Makufa was blamed for forcing
Ezekiel to tie the knot with Tafadzwa who is believed to be pregnant in a way
to protect her image as a church elder with a leading Pentecostal church.
Some of the guests had no kind words for Makufa accusing
her of tarnishing the two families’ images in a way to cover up for Tafadzwa’s
marriage.
“Mai vemusikana ndivo vakamanikidzira muchato vakatoti
ngauuitirwe pamba pavo zvekunzi ane mwana hazvina basa zvino tazovanyarira
zvikuru nezvaitwa izvi.
“It is not good for church elders to conceal issues
pertaining their children when they do wrong and become tough when solving
other families’ issues. “She refused to move the wedding date since she is the
one who met most of the wedding costs and she was yet to meet Tafadzwa’s
in-laws,” said the source.
Makufa told H-Metro that she was not moved by the
disruption made by Mbangani family saying the wedding went according to plan.
“Everything went well and nothing official pointing to the
wedding stoppage was announced so I can say it went according to plan,” said
Makufa refusing to entertain further questions.
Jacqueline said she wanted her voice heard at the wedding
since Ezekiel and her parents were turning a deaf ear to issues pertaining to
her two-year-old child with Ezekiel.
“We did not come with the intention to stop the wedding but
took the opportunity to seek attention because Ezekiel has not been supporting
the child for the past two years,” said Jacqueline.
“Ezekiel only facilitated the acquiring of the child’s
birth certificate and that was that; kwavakutozonzwa kuti akaitisa Tafadzwa
mimba saka mai vake varikuda muchato nekukasira.
“Church elders must not look down on other families to that
extent as if we are not human beings who are also loved by the same God they
worship,” she said in tears holding the child.
Ezekiel and Tafadzwa were kept protected that H-Metro was
not accorded a chance to get their side of the story.
Ezekiel was reported to have left his father’s congregation
to start his own ministry Rehoboth International Ministries where he is a
prophet. H Metro
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