A 40-year-old taxi driver of Lusaka has had his car stolen after he fell prey to a prophecy over his life from a 21-year-old fake prophet.
The suspect has also been arrested for stealing two phones from two women he duped by telling that he would pray for them for a breakthrough at the mountain.
Bwalya Chibwe is alleged to have hired Nathan Kembe’s taxi and directed him to take him to Ngombe township in Lusaka area.
While on the way to Ngombe from PHI, the suspect is alleged to have started prophesying over the victim.
When they reached the destination, the suspect is believed to have coerced the victim into going into the house for a short prayer session.
While there, he found two other women the suspect was purporting to pray for.
He then gave him anointed oil and some charms, which later made him lose consciousness and then his car was stolen.
Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said the incident occurred on November 10th around 15:00 hours between PHI and Ngombe township.
He said on the same day police managed to apprehend the suspect and the stolen items.
“Brief facts are that on the material day, the victim aged 40 of Mtendere township was operating as a taxi driver using a Toyota Vitz registration number BBC6517 when he was hired by a lone dreadlocked young man from PHI to Ng’ombe. On the way, the client started prophesying over the taxi driver. When they reached Ng’ombe, the taxi driver was encouraged to attend a brief prayer session in a house where there were two women,” he said.
He said the victim was taken to a bedroom where he was given water, which the suspect claimed was anointing water and was advised to take a nap.
Mr Hamoonga said afterwards, he was made to wear some suspected charms around his waist and advised to sit comfortably.
“In the process, the taxi driver became intoxicated and became unconscious, and the suspect disappeared with the vehicle. The said motor vehicle is a property of Kaluma Nguni, who is out of the country but was left with Simayela Lupiya, aged 31 of house number 10 Harry Nkumbula road behind PHI mall and is valued at K115,000=00,” he said.
He said police instituted investigations and Simayela Lupiya informed them that the vehicle had a tracker and was in Garden House.
Mr Hamoonga said officers made a follow-up and managed to recover the vehicle and apprehended the suspect with another person in the car.
He added that later it was further discovered that the suspect had stolen two phones an Infinix worth K2,000 from Maureen Tembo aged 50 and a techno phone worth K2,500 from Gladys Chibuye whom he duped that he wanted to take their phones for a breakthrough prayer session at the mountain.
(Mwebantu, Sunday, 12th November, 2023)
