A lady resident of Lusaka City identified as Sylvia Mutoba Kalaba, has been found to be living with a human skeleton.
It was also discovered that the full-sized human skeleton belongs to her deceased husband, a man who used to be known as George.
While she could have exhumed the bony remains of her late husband, Sylvia however denies killing the man.
Sylvia claims that her husband, George Kalaba, died of natural causes as he was suffering from asthma, a disease which allegedly claimed his life.
But why continue to possess the dead man’s skeleton? Well, as far as Sylvia is concerned, she has been keeping the husband’s hulk for some ritualistic reasons.
Sylivia who was recently arrested by the police, explained that the bonny remains of her dead husband were assisting the lady to perform miracles.
As it happens, Sylvia Mutoba Kalaba works as a voodoo prophetess in Zambia, boasting a considerable number of clients.
According to the Zambian widow, there is a certain magical shaman based in Tanzania, whom she regularly consults with and who had advised her to employ the dead man’s skeleton for a number of ritualistic performances in her prophetic trade.
“I was advised by a ritualist in Tanzania to do this in order to perform countless miracles and make more money,” Mrs Kalaba maintains.
And does the ‘dead man’s chest,’ really work?
“Well Yes! It works like a charm,” chortled Sylvia Mutoba.
“You see, being a prophetess, I have been able to help many people through the added assistance of the skeleton,” added the Zambian lady.
As far as Sylvia is concerned, many clients have been flocking to her house of prayer in Lusaka.
“They usually come to receive healing, financial breakthroughs and other miracles,” the lady told the cops.
Still the police were not buying her story so they arrested the lady together with her several children.
Latest reports from Lusaka reveal that Sylvia and her children are being held under police custody awaiting court trials.