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A twenty-five-year-old woman in Tanga Village, Traditional Authority Malili in Lilongwe, who died on November 18, is said to have resurrected on November 30.
Group Village Headman Tanga Chisemphere said in an exclusive interview Everesi Miliyo was found naked with a piece of sugar-cane in her hand in one of the gardens in Nsinja Village, Traditional Authority Masula in the district.
Chisemphere explained that he was contacted after the victim had told a group of people who picked her that she hailed from Tanga Village and even mentioned her parent’s name.
Chisemphere said he immediately contacted the parents and set off for Nsinja, a few kilometres from Tanga where they identified the victim as their daughter.
The headman went to say that two days later an old woman and a young man came to the village claiming their daughter was missing.
“The old woman with her son claimed that Everesi was their daughter. But when they were asked to tell the marks to substantiate their claims, they failed. For example, all the names with which they tried to identify the risen person as their daughter’s were rejected by the victim herself,” said Chisemphere.
The development, according to the village headman, forced villagers to take the woman and the man to Sinyala Police Unit.
“At first the claimants identified the victim by the name Fanny. Then secondly they identified her by the name Ferida. Then due to pressure at Sinyala Police Unit the claimants identified the victim as Mary. The failure to identify the risen lady by the two people were doubted and were later locked up,” said Chisemphere.
Chisemphere said the two were released the next day and told to go back to their home and get some relatives who could assist to substantiate their claims about the risen lady.
In an interview, Everesi said she had been to places such as Mozambique, Dedza and Mitundu.
“I was in Mozambique, Dedza and Mitundu where I have been staying happily since we were given food to eat with my friends,” said Everesi.
Everesi, who had some memory lapses during the interview, explained that where she was staying, they were engaged in some chores and gardening work.
She, however, said that she escaped from a deep hole using ladders but she could not say where she got them from.
Explaining the ordeal of Everesi’s death, her husband, Yotamu Chiyingeni said on the day of her fate Everesi had complained of a throbbing headache.
“When she started complaining of the headache, I went to buy some Panadols which she took and improved,” said Chiyingeni.
But he said the situation worsened after there came a whirlwind which blew grass bundles from their house’s roof and fell on her.
“It was around 17:00 hours when my wife’s illness reached a critical point. Then from there it did not take time before she breathed her last,” said Chiyingeni.
He said after a medical doctor from Chisamba Clinic had confirmed Everesi’s death, the chief sent funeral messages to neighbouring villages across the area that came to mourn the deceased.
He added that the Seventh Day Adventist Church members of that area conducted the funeral rite.
Everesi’s father, Miliyo Kachigunda, said looking at how his daughter died he sought some assistance from witch doctors and strongly believed their magic power has brought Evelesi back to life.
The church members have been praying for Evelesi.
National Police Public Relations Officer Willie Mwaluka said he was not aware of the a woman and could not give any comment unless he goes to the village and examine the situation.
“To begin with I am not aware of the incident of a risen woman at Tanga Village in Traditional Authority Malili. The officers of Sinyala Police Unit have not yet communicated the issue to our office. Therefore, I can comment only after going there to examine the situation,” said Mwaluka.
Pathologist at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Charles Dzamalala said from a scientific point of view, coming back to life is not possible at all.
But he said stories about corpses waking up in the mortuary have been due to failure by medical personnel to diagnose death.
“From scientific point of view resurrection of dead bodies especially after embalming and burying them is not possible at all. It is simply not possible. The stories about corpses waking up in the mortuary that have been there are due to failure of medical personnel to diagnose death. Death is death and nobody can resurrect,” said Dzamalala.
Evelesi has two children, one four years and the other one and half.
Since Evelesi’s resurrection, scores of villagers have thronged her father’s hut to see her.
Everesi’s “resurrection” is the second recently reported following another one which happened in Dedza.
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