A MAN’S attempt to win his wife’s love back by taking her underwear and chitenge material to a witch doctor has ended in divorce, a local court has heard. His wife, Justina Chikuwe, has told the court that she wants the witch doctor to return her underpant and chitenge material.

The Boma Local Court heard that Lungisani Zulu had asked his youngest child to steal a pant and chitenge material belonging to his wife which he took to the witch doctor to cast a spell on them. Chikuwe, who sued Zulu for divorce, told the court that they have been on separation for three years. The couple got married in 1993 and have three children together.

She said her last-born son revealed to her how Zulu convinced him to steal her underpant and chitenge material which he gave the witch doctor. “I called the witch doctor and he confirmed that my husband took my pant and chitenge material to him. I want him to return my pant and chitenge material because I am not at peace,” Chikuwe said.

She broke down as she narrated how Zulu went to the village in 2012 and abandoned her together with the children. Chikuwe said she called Zulu at one point to ask for children’s support but that a woman grabbed the phone from him and started insulting her. “I have lost interest in this man because he is already married. All I want is my pant and chitenge material,” she said. But Zulu, in his defence, told the court that he did not order any of his children to steal Chikuwe’s underwear and chitenge material.

He said he could not tell the couple’s last-born son to steal her mother’s pant because that is taboo. “It is not normal for a 20-year-old to enter his mother’s bedroom. I don’t know what Chikuwe is talking about,” Zulu said. He told the court that it was his wife Chikuwe who rejected him when he came back from the village in 2012. Zulu said he married another woman because Chikuwe told him that she was not interested in him. In passing judgment, the court granted the couple divorce and ordered Zulu to be maintaining his last-born child by paying K500 child support per month.