adminTendai Rupapa : Senior Reporter
Gospel musician Clive Barangiro’s desire to get rich quickly through crooked ways has left him $2 000 poorer after the “traditional healer” he paid the money for rituals of multiplying it absconded court and has been on the run for three months. Elison Kapako (32) who was on bail, had been ordered by magistrate Jessy Kufa to appear in court for his judgment sometime in February but he never did up to now.Prosecutor Audrey Chogumaira applied for a warrant of arrest against Kapako which Kufa issued and police are now looking for him.
The musician famed for compiling Apostolic Faith Mission church hymns in “Mimhanzi” series, fell prey to the “traditional healer” after responding to an advertisement placed by three alleged fraudsters in a local newspaper.
He lost $2 050 in the process.
It is alleged that sometime in December last year, Kapako and his accomplices placed an advertisement in a local newspaper indicating that Kapako, whom they referred as ‘Dr Chikaunda’, had the powers to make people rich and provided contact details.
Barangiro met Kapako in Mbare who was in the company of his accomplices and they drove to an open space where the two disembarked.
Kapako ordered Barangiro to surrender $50 on the pretext he wanted to perform some rituals, saying the money would multiply to $50 000.
Barangiro complied and gave Kapako the money which he blew and put in a bag.
He was ordered to return the following day and when he turned up they went to a house in Mbare that was said to be Kapako’s office.
In the house there were herbs all over the floor which were spread on a white cloth.
Barangiro was ordered to go out and bring some soil taken from an intersection.
When he came back with the soil, he was told to put it in a bag and Kapako covered the bag with a white cloth and they all went outside.
They later went back into the room and when they opened the bag, it was full of money.
Barangiro was told that his ancestors had given him the money which he was supposed to use after some rituals had been performed.
Barangiro was later told that his ancestors wanted $3 000 for him to get the bag full of money.
On the same day at around 7 pm, the trio proceeded to Glen View cemetery where Barangiro was told to kneel and listen to the voice of his ancestors.
The voice instructed him to put $1 500 on top of the grave and to sprinkle some soil on it.
He was told to bring the balance of $1 500.
He later sent $500 as part of the balance to Kapako through Ecocash.
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