A -32 –year- old man of Lusaka’s John-Laing Compound was almost lynched by members of the public after word went round that he abducted his two children for satanic sacrifices. Godfridah Kalumbi accused her husband Bernard Chimfwembe of tying her third pregnancy to ritual sacrifices. Kalumbi alleged that her husband sacrificed her pregnancy in exchange for wealth adding that he had once told her that he would travel to India to get rich. Kalumbi and Chimfwembe had been married for 10 years; but problems in their marriage began after two years of marriage. “We divorced last year because my husband was obsessed with riches such that he tied my pregnancy after he was advised that my unborn child was the ideal ‘candidate’. I could no longer stand Chimfwembe and the only option was divorce,” she said. “After we divorced, Chimfwembe stopped supporting the children financially and last week while I was away, he attempted to abduct them. I was fortunate that I had discovered him upon my return and I alarmed my neighbours,” she said. Chimfwembe’s attempt to exculpate himself failed as residents punched him before he was whisked away by his friends. Kalumbi accused her former husband of wanting to use their children’s body parts as ingredients for magical concoctions and charms. “I do not want this man to visit my children because he is evil. He wants to get rich by sacrificing my children but I will not allow this to happen,” he said. Meanwhile, Chimfwembe charged that his former wife (Kalumbi) was mentally deranged. “I went to visit my children and I wonder why she would accuse me of wanting to sacrifice my own children, “he wondered.
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