Avenging spirits force Honde Vally family seek Magaya's help

A HONDE-VALLEY family is seeking for the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance founder, Prophet Walter Magaya's intervention in their family matters as they have had enough of the avenging spirit that has been tormenting them.

Manica Post reported that Artwell Kanjanda (49), son to the suspected cause of the family problems, Douglas Kanjanda (75) of Mutsaka Village in Honde Valley, said only Prophet Magaya could deliver his family from the avenging spirit affecting them.

According to Douglas's younger brother, Offard Kanjanda (66), Douglas killed a Mozambican national sometime in the 1970s and used some of his body parts for rituals in his grinding mill business.

"The dead man's spirit has been manifesting on my daughter, Abigail and he claims that my brother Douglas killed him for rituals way back in the 70s," he said.

It is alleged that at headman Mutsaka's court, Douglas confessed to killing the Mozambican and went on to pay what is called "matendamhaka" (some form of payment that one pays for admission of crime).

Abigail who is being used as the spirit's medium is now suffering as everyone in the family is dragging their feet to find a solution.

The spirit of the departed man only identified as Thomas from Katandika in Mozambique is seeking for appeasement as he claimed that he was murdered by Douglas Kanjanda sometime in the late 1970s.

According to Offard, the group was led by the spirit to Katandika, Mozambique where Douglas also paid matendamhaka and was ordered to come back with money for appeasements.

However, Douglas's son, Artwell, dismissed the claims that his father had killed the Mozambican.

He also claimed that the Mozambican was killed by his grandfather and Offard's father sometime in the 70s.

"Offard is claiming that my father killed the Mozambican for business rituals and made sure that the spirit torments his daughter, but that is not true. If need be we should approach Prophet Walter Magaya so that we can get assistance to know the truth. I know that my father, uncle and the headman went to the Mozambican family, but I do not know what transpired there," he said.

Before confessing to killing the man, Douglas allegedly attacked his younger brother, Offard and Abigail with an axe, bow and arrow after he had been approached by the latter together with several other church members when the spirit had insisted that he lead them to where he had committed the crime.

When he appeared before Mutare senior magistrate, Sekai Chiundura last week, Douglas denied the charges of domestic violence.

Artwell who maliciously damaged Offard's property as a form of revenge was convicted by the courts and asked to pay a fine. He was also ordered to compensate his uncle.