Jenda Police Arrest Prophet and Accomplice Over Fake Magical Coffin Scam

Police at Jenda in Mzimba have arrested a Prophet Isaac Mkandawire and her accomplice Eunice Soko for conduct likely to cause breach of peace and attempted to defraud people by bringing a small-sized coffin in the village of Zatuwa Zimba and pretended it was magical needing prayers for it to vanish.

The arrest on March 2, 2025, followed reports from villagers after noticing that the prophet and his accomplice were acting suspiciously while demanding money for prayers.

It has been established that one of the villagers woke up around 6:00 hours and saw a small-sized coffin outside her house; she then informed the village head man and other villagers. While people were gathered to figure out the coffin, a prophet approached in a way of rendering help.

Soon after his arrival, he opened the coffin and proclaimed that the coffin had charms and was meant to magically kill a villager who is in South Africa. He then demanded to talk to the mother of the son who is in South Africa. Later, he convinced the mother to call her son. While on call, the prophet demanded K350,000 for his service and to free him from the spell.

The whole thing turned ugly when one of the villagers claimed to have seen Eunice Soko, an accomplice to the prophet, around the area where the coffin was placed. It was also discovered that the prophet and her accomplice had performed a similar service where there was also a coffin brought in suspiciously, and they pocketed K150,000 in a nearby village.

The matter was reported to Jenda Police station, where officers rushed to the scene and arrested the prophet and his accomplice for conduct likely to cause breach of peace and fraud other than false pretence.

Mkandawire, a prophet at Jerusalem Ministries, and her accomplice, Eunice Soko, come from Mzimba district and will be taken to court soon when all the paperwork is completed to answer their charges.