Cephas Shava
Mwenezi- A grade five teacher at Sarahuru Primary School in Mwenezi District, Godfrey Marambira was on Monday, September 25 found hanging in a forest and people suspect that he was murdered over love affair with a married woman who resides a few kilometers from the school and then hanged to conceal the murder.
The deceased who is said to have been coming from his rural home in Chivi for the weekend on Sunday is said to have deviated the route after reportedly being lured to come to a homestead of a married woman in the late hours.
He didn’t know it was a trap from the woman’s husband who was baiting him after he suspected Marambira to be in an affair with his wife after stumbling on some love text messages in his wife’s cellphone.
Though no official comment was obtained from the police, Sarahuru Primary School head Kudakwashe Gwezhira confirmed the death tragedy but professed ignorance of what could have really transpired to his subordinate on the fateful night.
“Marambira was one of our punctual teachers at school but on Monday morning we were just informed by his wife that he was yet to arrive home and his cellphone was not reachable since the previous night and had last communicated that he was at Neshuro Township.
“We made efforts to locate him but all was in vain and we were called around midday that his blood stained dead body was found near Zhanje Mountain hanging from a tree. We do not know what really happened to him and the matter is now in police’s hands and I am sure their investigations will establish what really transpired,” Said Gwezhira.
Although police investigations where still ongoing by the time of writing Tellzim News is reliably informed that the suspected murderer who was still being pursued by detectives is a known cross-border trader (name withheld) from Chidhumo village under Chief Neshuro which is some few kilometers from Sarahuru Primary School.
Sources allege the suspect who usually resides in South Africa came across some love text messages between his wife and Marambira. He then decides to use his wife’s cellphone to lure him to come for some quality time.
“Upon suspecting that his wife was having an affair with the teacher the husband took his wife’s phone and began to lure Marambira to visit in the late hours and have some quality time before proceeding to his school. Little did he knew that he was communicating with the husband Marambira who was coming from Chivi diverted the route to meet his lover,” said a source.
It is alleged that Marambira was told to just sneak into the dark room as usual and upon entering the married women’s house he was hit on the head resulting in his immediate death.
Upon realizing that he had killed Marambira the suspected is said to have bundled his dead body into his car and drove to a near bush which is near Zhanje Mountain where he hanged the deceased’s body on a tree besides his satchel and two loafs of bread to appear as if he committed suicide.
