Pastor Fails To Resurrect After Telling People To Bury Him Alive By ANDERSON OTEBELE

Five members of the same family were charged with the murder of a 

prophet who had been called to their home in the village of Mazonde, 

Zimbabwe to help them cleanse their house of evil spirits.

According to local newspaper, Zed 24 News, the accused family identified
as Leanmore Mutero, Tonderai Muswere, Michael Muchengeti, 
Manasa Mutero and Nicholas Mutero, appeared at the High Court in
Harare facing a murder charge for participating in the death of self-professed
Prophet Shamiso Kanyama, who accidentally died during a healing ceremony.

Pastor Kanyama had reportedly asked his followers to bury him alive so that
 he could summon more cleansing powers to heal the family that had been
plagued by mysterious deaths.

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.”










Fearing for the life of the prophet as the men were in the process of filling


 the grave, he requested the men to stop what they were doing, Joseph

Taderera told Justice Tagu.


However, they ignored his pleas when Kanyama urged them to continue

 the process of burying him alive, stating that he would rise from the grave 

unharmed.


“I warned the men about the danger of their actions, 

but my advice fell on deaf ears because Kanyama shouted, 

telling me that I am disturbing his angels, and urged 

them to continue filling the grave, saying that he would

 later come out alive,” Taderera said.