CIO, Police raid Prophet Magaya over HIV cure

Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police accompanied by the dreaded Central Intelligence agents tonight raided Prophet Walter Magaya's Offices in search of his HIV and Cancer cure.

The raid comes after the government and health practitioners have strongly condemned the public declaration by the self styled Prophet that he has found a cure to the two of the world's most incurable diseases.

Deputy minister of Media Publicity and Broadcasting Energy Mutodi confirmed the raid saying, "I can confirm police this evening raided Prophet Walter Magaya offices to recover samples of his Aguma medicine which he claims cures HIV. The raid marks the start of an investigation into this matter. Health experts say there is no cure yet."

The government had warned Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) ministries founder Walter Magaya that he risks being arrested if he goes ahead and starts selling his controversial HIV/Aids herbal medicine without regulatory approval.

This comes after the popular preacher told multitudes at his Waterfalls church on Sunday that he had found a cure for HIV/Aids and cancer — adding that his controversial herbs, named Aguma, would go on sale this coming Saturday.

At the same time, authorities and medical experts have robustly pooh-poohed Magaya's claim, saying this had the potential to destabilise the government s fight against HIV/Aids.

Yesterday, Health and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro warned that the charismatic preacher risked facing the full wrath of the law if he goes ahead and sells Aguma this weekend.

Zimbabwe has over 1.4 million people living with HIV and Aids, and 1.2 million are on life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs, the report said.