A male juvenile who allegedly initiated the abduction of two girls aged between 13 and 16 years by traditional dancers commonly known as gule wamkulu in Chief Mafuta’s area in Chipata has been arrested.
Eastern Province Police Deputy Commissioner Sharon Zulu says police officers rescued the girls on Monday.
Ms. Zulu says Gule Wamkulu dancers took the girls to their camp, called dambwe on Saturday for reasons that the girls had put on the attire belonging to Gule Wamkulu dancers without authority.
She says the headman of Gule Wamkulu dancers Masautso Phiri got angry and ordered for the abduction of the two girls.
Ms. Zulu says according to the police, the affected girls who are currently in the hands of the police were not abused.
She says the master minder of the abduction is being held to help with investigations.
And in a separate interview, Chief Chanje of the Chewa speaking people has expressed happiness that the girls have finally been retrieved.
He has however appealed to the Police to ensure that they bring all the suspects to book so that it serves as a warning to would be offenders.
The Chief has also cautioned members of Gule Wamukulu to desist from taking the law into their own hands.
“The Chief has also cautioned members of Gule Wamukulu to desist from taking the law into their own hand”.That is wrong why not directly caution the “Nyau Dancers themselves?”.I wish I can meet the Nyau Dancers , I will blood shoot them in the a$$ kayili they pretend to be animals.Funny how if the they take me court I will ask for a veterinary doctor to verify if there such “animal spices’ in the world.
Dare not!!. I don’t want to outline the consequences for such an action but one of them is that the Judge will become blind immediately. Ancestors will be singing all day without being seen, there will be a terrible smell you wont contain for one month!! Don’t paly with Gule Wa Mkulu. These are animals without any doubt. Veterinary records are there.
Africans surprise me too much, they claim to be very superstitious but they suffered @ the hands of the whites for so many yrs without doing anything!!!
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Primitive. Even makishi do the same.