Runyoka: Severe Stomach Aches After Illicit Affair

Runyoka: Severe Stomach Aches After Illicit Affair

Bikita young man will rue the day he had an adulterous relationship with a married woman after he started experiencing severe stomach pains allegedly caused by juju popularly known as ‘runyoka’.

Nelson Matupire is said to have since relocated and camped at the woman’s place saying he will not leave until her husband cleanses him. Matupire said he has been in pain for the past 12 months and is appealing to those who can help or refer to someone who can help him.

“I met the lady in Beitbridge and we got intimate after she had separated from her husband. After that I began to have problems, I have something like an STI on the privates and I feel like there are small insects that come out from there and fly leaving irritants (Uriri/unye) similar to hurukuru (The buffalo bean).

“When I tried to establish the problem that’s when I learnt that I had slept with a lady who was locked (akaiswa runyoka/Rukawo). When I tried to engage them they had reconciled and they both ran away and I struggled for a very long time. We visited faith healers who told me that the lady’s husband was responsible for my illness but he denies.”

He went on to say the lady only came back after she also started suffering from severe stomach aches which she later learnt was from the same charm put on her by her husband and she is now cooperating.

“The woman is now suffering from stomach aches and she was told it’s because of the charm put on her that was making her sick. So I am now staying at her place but the husband is still slippery.”

Runyoka: Severe Stomach Aches After Illicit Affair

Asked how he was staying with a married woman in the absence of her husband, Matupire said they were just staying because of the situation as it gets worse if he goes back to his home.

“If I go back home, the pain increases and its better if I am here that is why I am staying but there is nothing between us and we cannot risk another engagement since she is also suffering. I have been in and out of police custody as I often clash with the family.”

Magadzire Village head Isaiah Zirumbwa Magadzire, where the woman comes from, confirmed the incident and said they were trying to assist Matupire but the biggest challenge was that the alleged perpetrator is nowhere to be found.

“The young man met this lady who is married in Beitbridge after she had separated with her husband. The two got intimate and the man started suffering from stomach pains in which he says he felt things like worms moving up and down his stomach.

“After the incident, the woman’s husband then followed up on his wife and they reconciled, however, the man continued suffering until he came here to engage the woman’s husband.

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“The challenge now is that the alleged perpetrator denied having used any locking system (juju) and has since disappeared. So what we did is to seek help from the police to intervene and make sure that the man stays.”