Zed 24 News reports that
High Court Justice Owen Tagu heard how on that day, the late pastor had
been invited to attend the home in the Muzarabani district, which is
situated along the Mozambique-Zimbabwe border, by their priest, Zvidzai
Muchengeti.
The five men
had requested the priest to help them clean their home of evil spirits,
because it was causing mysterious deaths in their family.
Responding to
their request to perform a healing ceremony, Kanyama had ordered his
followers to dig a grave and bury him alive because that was the way he
summoned more healing powers to ward off evil spirits. However, the plan
backfired on the prophet when instead of being resurrected as he
supposed, the men dug up the grave again to find him dead.
Kanyama helped
to dig his own grave before praying and jumping inside, Father Zvidzai,
who has turned State witness, told the High Court. He continued that
after laying face down in the grave, he ordered his followers to start
covering him with soil.
"He pegged a grave-shaped pit in front of my hut and asked for help to dig the pit," Zvidzai continued. "Deceased requested to be buried alive so that he would gain power to drive away the evil forces."
News -- Testing God: Zimbabwe Pastor fails to resurrect after telling people to bury him alive
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