Gibson Kashiri has reported a traditional doctor, Mike Kashiri to the Zimbabwean police for duping him of $500 after consulting him for Pennis enlargement, Iharare.com reported.
Though they have the same surname, the two are not related.
Gibson had earlier approached Mike for manhood enlargement but in the course of their interaction, the traditional doctor introduced his client to money multiplication that his US $500 will become one million dollars after applying his herbs in which Mike consented to.
Failure to realise the promised cash forced Gibson to approach the police complaining that he had been duped of US$1 450, which he paid for the services rendered by Mike.
The medicine man was then arrested and charged to Harare magistrates’ court for fraud.
He denied the charges when he appeared before magistrate Erick Kadye saying he is a traditional healer registered with the Traditional Doctors Association in Zimbabwe.
Mike’s lawyer told the court, “The accused was open to this suggestion and in return, requested that all the material he had used for the removal of the evil spirits at the instance of the complainant be returned as well.
“The complainant refused to return the material as requested and the next interaction the parties had was when the complainant came with the police to arrest the accused,” he said.
Gibson, however, said all what Mike said were not true.
Although he acknowledged to visiting the traditional healer, the 56-year-old said he never visited Mike’s place with the intention to remove evil spirits.
He said that Mike agreed to reimburse him after his herbs failed to work as expected.
He stated, “There was never a time when he came to exorcise evil spirits at my house. He does not even know where I stay.
“He promised to give back my money. We even signed an affidavit to that effect.
“He had promised to reimburse my money on March 15 this year but he failed. He even promised to sell his beasts which are in the rural area and pay back my money.
“But a very long time elapsed before he paid owned up to his promise.
“It was when I decided to take the matter to the police,” he said.
Asked how he lost his cash to Mike, Gibson said:
“There was a calabash which had a voice saying I could get a lot of cash after using the herbs. The voice said that the money would come in a suitcase and for that I was supposed to pay US$700.
“On the first day I paid US$400 and was told to return to collect the bag upon payment of the full amount.
“I returned on the following day and paid US$300 but I did not see the suitcase.
“It was when the voice from the calabash asked to pay US$150 for each of my children. I have five children.
“I then suggested that since I had paid the total amount, the other money should be subtracted from the cash which was in the suitcase.
“That is where the problem started and I walked away,” he said.
