Seven days after committing the heinous crime —Daniel
Sithole and Cleanous Utete — confessed to murdering their neighbour, Nicholas
Muyambo.
Sithole and Utete revealed how they stashed Muyambo’s body
in a sack, hurriedly dug a grave that was 40cmx50cm deep, and buried the corpse
in it.
Acting Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Assistant
Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka, confirmed the spine-chilling murder, which occurred
at Farm 34 in Middle Sabi, Chipinge District last Sunday.
Assistant Inspector Chinyoka said the suspects were
assisting police with investigations.
He said Muyambo met his fate when he visited the suspected
killers’ workstation looking for a job.
“On March 10, 2024, Muyambo went to Farm 34 to seek
employment. He met the two accused persons who accused him of stealing
maize-meal. He vehemently denied the allegations, but the two accused persons
force-marched him to a maize field where they assaulted him with a wooden stick
all over the body.
“After that day, Muyambo went missing. His elder brother,
Mr Shingirirai Muyambo later made a missing person police report at Middle Sabi
on March 17.
Coincidentally, on the same day, one of the suspects, Utete
called Mr Listen Chikoo (24), who is an irrigator at Farm 34 and confided in
him their heinous act.
“Utete confided in Mr Chikoo that they had killed Muyambo
before further revealing that they stashed his body in a sack and buried the
corpse in a shallow grave nearby,” he said.
Assistant Inspector Chinyoka said as Utete was confessing
committing the heinous act, Mr Chikoo recorded the whole conversation using his
cellphone.
Mr Chikoo went to inform Mr Passmore Muumbe of Farm 28 what
he had heard.
Mr Muumbe accompanied Mr Chikoo to the area where Utete
said they had buried the late Muyambo’s body. They searched the area and
stumbled on the shallow grave.
After discovering the shallow grave, the two made a report
to the police.
Police attended the scene and exhumed the body from the
shallow grave, leading to the arrest of the suspects.
The body was in a sack and already in an advanced state of
decomposition.
The body was taken to Chipinge District Hospital mortuary
for post-mortem.
“We continue to appeal to members of the public to solve
disputes amicably than resorting to violence which often leads to loss of life.
“We will not hesitate to bring to book culprits who decide
to take the law into their own hands,” said Assistant Inspector Chinyoka.
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