Drama in court as ngozi that loves lula lula too much ‘impregnates’ married woman 3 times

MUTASA – A Mutasa man, Timothy Timburwa, has ignited a heated dispute at Chief Mutasa’s community court, casting doubt on the spiritual parentage of his three children with his ex-wife. The case, rife with accusations of avenging spirits, infidelity, and unpaid bride price, has gripped the community and raised complex questions about traditional beliefs and family responsibility.

Timburwa, appearing before the court last Saturday, acknowledged his biological responsibility for the children but vehemently questioned their spiritual identity. He attributed a series of misfortunes plaguing his family – including marital discord and the children’s recurring illnesses – to powerful spiritual forces allegedly linked to his former wife’s past. He claimed that consultations with traditional healers had further solidified his suspicions, pointing to the children’s spiritual lineage as the root cause of their troubles.

In his testimony, Timburwa stated that his former wife’s childhood and family background had long fuelled his concerns. He told the court, “I was experiencing problems with my wife, so I called her brother, Gift Mawacha, to join me in consulting healers. The healer said my wife was an avenging spirit’s wife, with a tendency of snatching other women’s husbands.

Timburwa claimed that the healer’s pronouncements offered little in the way of resolution, insisting that his wife’s family was already aware of the issue but that paternal figures were refusing to acknowledge it. He further alleged that the spiritual entanglement manifested physically within their household. According to Timburwa, his wife later brought charms and salt from her parents’ home, after which the children began suffering from mysterious ailments.

“My son suffered from blurred vision. My daughter was acting as if she was epileptic. That is why I ended up sending my wife back to her parents’ home because she collected those charms even after a prophet had told us not to touch any charms,” he told the court, painting a picture of a home plagued by unexplained illnesses and spiritual unrest.

Timburwa further claimed that his wife’s relatives had exacerbated the situation by suggesting that the children no longer belonged to him. He told the court, “These in-laws have also told me that my three children, with my ex-wife are not mine, but theirs because I have not finished paying her bride price. I want them to tell my children that they are their new fathers so that if they face any challenges, they can confront them and not me.”

However, Gift Mawacha, the ex-wife’s brother, vehemently rejected almost every element of Timburwa’s story, accusing him of twisting events to suit his narrative. Mawacha argued that their dispute stemmed from longstanding marital problems, including allegations of infidelity, and had nothing to do with any avenging spirit.

“He only paid US$20 as bride price for my sister. I have 11 brothers-in-law and the rest are good. They have done well with my sisters,” said Mawacha, highlighting the financial aspect of the dispute. He further claimed that Timburwa had once publicly threatened their family.

“When he approached us, he said my sister was being promiscuous. He posted on his WhatsApp status a video where he recorded himself saying he wanted to kill us. He said he would use an assassin to wipe the entire Mawacha family because we had married him off to our ‘prostitute’. The video went viral,” Mawacha stated, painting a picture of a volatile and threatening Timburwa.

Mawacha recounted an incident in 2016 when Timburwa approached the family, claiming he wanted to consult healers about his wife’s alleged infidelity, suggesting it might be spiritual. He said his sister had confirmed she had struggled with promiscuity.

“At the traditional healer, our sister confirmed that she was promiscuous and that she was constantly finding lovers despite being married. There was nothing of this avenging spirit that he is talking about. The matter is of my sister’s promiscuity, which we all know,” he said, directly contradicting Timburwa’s claims.

Mawacha added that the accusations had intensified over time. “In 2025, he came again and started saying that his wife is a witch on top of being promiscuous. He brought her things to our home in Chimanimani. He said she was promiscuous and had caught her red-handed on numerous occasion. He had asked her to visit the New Start Centre for HIV testing, but she refused. He paid a dollar as a divorce token. We never said these children are not his. We only asked him to finish paying the bride price. We took our daughter and agreed that she is promiscuous,” said Mawacha, laying bare the complex history of accusations and counter-accusations between the two families.

As the accusations and counter-accusations escalated, Chief Mutasa intervened, directly questioning Timburwa about whether he had considered DNA tests for the three children. Timburwa, however, remained steadfast in his position that the issue was not biological.

“What I am in doubt of is the spiritual DNA. It was confirmed that my wife was married to an avenging spirit, and so our culture and tradition state that the children that a woman who was used to appease an avenging spirit belong to the spirit and not the husband. I fear that these children could no longer be mine, but belong to that spirit,” he said, reiterating his belief in the spiritual implications of his ex-wife’s alleged connection to an avenging spirit. He did not dispute fathering the children physically but insisted that, spiritually, they may have been claimed elsewhere.

The court reminded Timburwa that he had already paid a divorce token and, therefore, should refrain from referring to his former wife as his spouse.

Ultimately, Chief Mutasa ordered both families to consult a traditional healer to determine the true spiritual parentage of the children – whether they were spiritually his, hers, or belonged to the alleged avenging spirit.