Betrayal in Blood: Man Loses Wife to Relative After Lobola Payment
A young man named King Gumbira recently faced a difficult situation. He had paid lobola to marry his wife, Memory Makomo. Shortly after, King discovered that Memory was pregnant when they went for blood tests.
It turned out that Memory’s uncle, Jaifi Kafarawo, was responsible for the pregnancy. After this revelation, Jaifi abandoned his own family and left Guruve with Memory. They sought refuge in Mt Darwin to avoid the consequences of their affair becoming public.
King shared that his in-laws refunded some of the lobola he had paid after learning about Memory’s relationship with her uncle.
“I am yet to recover from the pain that I suffered,” said King.
“If I had bedded her before paying lobola, I could have been given a pregnant wife.
“She never disclosed to me that she was dating another man besides disclosing that she was once raped by one of her sister’s husbands.
“Kwandiri ndakangoti haisimhosva yako ndinongokuda wakadaro.
“I didn’t know that she was dating her mother’s brother.”
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He added:
“Her parents accepted my lobola and Memory disappeared from home soon after lobola.
“She went to Mt Darwin during the night with her uncle and they were tracked until Memory was forced back home.
“After she disclosed about the one who was responsible of her pregnancy, the family refunded part of my money.
“Refunding of lobola is not enough considering the pain I suffered, the time I wasted as well as the trust I had given to Memory.”
Uncle Jaifi still hasn’t come back to his family.
According to a source, Memory is 15 years old.
King mentioned that she had told him she was 17 years old.