This was after the lady was kicked out by the man’s family
shortly after she had eloped.
The Chigwana and Marange families are now at loggerheads
over the elopement of the woman, only identified as S Marange, to Tadiwanashe
Chigwana.
The two’s lovers’ ages were not given.
The matter recently spilled into the courts where
Tadiwanashe’s father, Brian Chigwana, was applying for a protection order
against the woman and her father, Charles Marange.
Chigwana insisted that his son, Tadiwanashe, was not in his
right mind when he asked his girlfriend to elope.
Chigwana claimed that at that time, Tadiwanashe was a drug
addict, adding that they had to take him for rehabilitation in Harare.
“My son was not in his sound mind when all this happened.
““He was addicted to drugs. The couple just stormed into
the house out of the blue while holding each other’s hands and declared that
they were now married.
“We could not bless the union because we knew drugs were
taking a toll on our son. We sent the girl packing, while we took our son to a
rehabilitation facility in Harare,” said Chigwana.
He said despite all these efforts to help his child see
some sense, Tadiwanashe turned his back on the family when he came back to
Mutare.
He went to stay with his ‘in-laws’, the Maranges.
Chigwana further stated that his family’s peace is being
breached by the Maranges as they call and text daily asking for food for the
couple.
“Sometimes they call and tell us that their daughter is
threatening to commit suicide if we fail to bless their union.
“This is breaching our peace as a family. “We want them to
be stopped. After all, I do not know why they are bothering us when they are the
ones who are harbouring our son,” said Chigwana.
Mutare magistrate, Mr Xavier Chipato dismissed the
protection order application and advised the aggrieved party to make a peace
order application. Manica Post
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