The Manica Post

Prophet Mutepfa up for adultery

- Abel Zhakata Senior Court Reporter

REVIVAL Centre World Mission Church founder - Prophet Adventure Mutepfa - is at the centre of a shocking adulterous case in which a senior church member is accusing the cleric of having an affair with his wife which he uncovered late last year.

This was revealed at the Mutasa Magistrate­s’ Court on Tuesday during a civil matter in which the prophet made a spoliation applicatio­n, demanding back his BMW 735i sedan which he allegedly gave the congregate in a bid to buy his silence over the extra-marital affair.

In his applicatio­n done by his lawyer, Mr Lloyd Mvere of Mvere, Chikamhi, Mareanadzo Legal Practition­ers, before Nyanga magistrate, Mrs Gloria Takundwa, Prophet Mutepfa said he was forced to give Vincent Ndlovu his car through blackmail.

However, Ndlovu of House Number 9641, Pegasus in Dangamvura, who was represente­d by Mrs Ndafa Muchanyara of Pundu and Company Legal Practition­ers, refuted the blackmail claims, saying Mutepfa freely gave him his car as compensati­on for the adulterous relationsh­ip he was having with his wife.

He told the court that he was in possession of WhatsApp text messages between his wife and the prophet that confirmed that the two were madly in love.

Ndlovu said he was at lib- erty to show the court the nude pictures which the prophet sent to his wife. Conversely, in his founding affidavit, Prophet Mutepfa, said he was a victim of blackmail.

“I have been suffering blackmail from the respondent for some time. Respondent is claiming that he is in possession of nude pictures of myself and is threatenin­g to publish them if I do not give him my blue Toyota Prado. The threats were

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