By Terrence Mawawa, Chiredzi|Five self proclaimed Madzibaba prophets stormed a local funeral wake last week and forcibly took the corpse to the mountains claiming they wanted to declare life to the deceased.
Chaos reigned at the funeral in Nyamangambe Village when Piason Musimari and four other self confessed prophets forcibly took the body of the late Michael Garapo to a nearby mountain claiming the deceased would come back to life.
The late Garapo was expected to be buried last Tuesday but as the mourners were making final preparations for the burial, the five Madzibaba prophets told the mourners they were about to bury someone who was alive.
During the scuffle the five men forcibly took the corpse to a nearby mountain . Moses Mangule, a local villager said the entire community was shocked by the prophets’ behaviour.
Musimari was briefly detained by the police but later released.
Local villagers said the prophets stayed with the corpse in the mountain for three days and they only released the body following police intervention.
“They stayed with the body for three days in the mountain and we were really puzzled by their behaviour. Garapo’s decomposing body was later buried under police supervision since everyone was in a state of shock,” said a local villager.