A video has shown the moment a Zimbabwean gospel musician and pastor, Richard Nhika, 38, filmed himself as he committed suicide because of a conflict he had with his girlfriend, Nomatter.
In the video, Richard can be seen in a bush in Goodhope, Westgate,
Zimbabwe, holding onto a bottle as he spoke into the camera, his message
directed at a woman believed to be his girlfriend.
"I will always love you Nomatter, which is why when I saw you I
never insulted you or said anything bad. I have decided to die next to
this tree so that everyone can see, this is real poison you can even see
for yourself.” He said before downing the contents of a bottle believed to be pesticide.
A day later, Nhika died in Harare’s Parirenyatwa hospital, Zimbabwe.
Spokespersons from the deceased's family, Pauline Busu and Nyasha
Nhika, expressed their shock at Richard's action and revealed they never
believed he could commit suicide due to his religious background. They
also revealed that they do not know the girlfriend he mentioned but will
like to meet her so that she can explain what happened and give them
closure.
They said; “When we got to the scene where he committed suicide, we found the video in his phone which he had shot taking away his life.
“We are convinced that this was a spiritual attack that
happened to him because in his normal senses, he would not have done
something like this.
“He was a pastor at AFM Church and he was actually launching
his album he featured Mathias Mhere, Dereck Mpofu and Sharon
Manyonganise and no one ever expected him to do such a thing."
Richard reportedly never gave his family cause to believe that he
was going through a hard time, however, according to the accounts of the
spokesperson, two days before his death he began waking up in the
middle of the night to pray for long hours, but no one considered that
out of place since he's a pastor.
“He was fine, he never shared with us if he was facing any
problems with anyone, we only heard of him mentioning a lady called
Nomatter in his video," Nyasha said.
What the video below:
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