A deceased Mutasa man has made a startling allegation from beyond the grave, accusing his daughter-in-law of poisoning him with sugar nearly three decades ago. This sensational claim emerged during a recent session at Chief Mutasa’s community court.
Peter Masvaure, the deceased’s son, has yanked his in-laws, the Makoni family of Honde Valley, to the court, accusing them of falsely implicating his sister, Lucia Masvaure, in the death of her father-in-law, Erick Makoni. According to Masvaure, Lucia’s in-laws accused her of killing Erick, and Monica Makoni, Lucia’s sister-in-law, began to exhibit spiritual manifestations, claiming that Lucia had murdered their father.
The spirit, which manifested through Monica in a trance-like state, claimed that Lucia had poisoned Erick using sugar. “I was killed by Lucia, my son’s wife, in 1995. I had asked her for sugar to put in my chikokiyana (illicit brew). She gave me the sugar, and from that moment, my stomach began to ache terribly. I died shortly after,” claimed Erick’s purported spirit.
However, Lucia’s family denies the allegations, and her husband, Robert Makoni, believes the manifestations are orchestrated by his siblings. “My mother sent someone with the brew to my father, and indeed, he requested sugar. However, he consumed the brew on the same day, not the following day, as what the alleged spirit is claiming,” Robert argued.
Robert also recounted an incident that had led him to entirely doubt the spiritual claims. “I recall an incident where I deceived my brother by telling him that I had seen a giant snake crawling on the wall, merely to tease him and verify whether they were indeed spreading falsehoods about my wife. I was astonished when my mother, claiming to be possessed by my father’s spirit, began asserting that he had sent a snake to me that crawled on the wall. That was when I realised these manifestations were being manipulated,” he said.
Chipo Makoni, another family member, corroborated that she had delivered the brew to her father and maintained that it had not been tampered with. “My mother gave me the brew to hand to my father. Nothing was added to it. There was no poison,” she said.
With the court deeply divided and key parties absent, Chief Mutasa adjourned the matter to a later date, instructing that the Makoni family mother should be summoned to testify. Her testimony is expected to shed light on the origin of the accusations and determine whether her husband’s spirit genuinely holds Lucia responsible for his death. Will the truth behind Erick’s death finally be revealed?
source-ManicaPost
