Police in Lilongwe have arrested self-proclaimed prophetess Zelesi Divason and three of his followers for allegedly detaining a mentally ill young man under false pretenses of resurrecting him from the dead.

Central West Region Police Deputy Spokesperson Foster Benjamin confirmed the arrests, stating that the suspects convinced a grieving mother, Mary Chelewani, that her son who died in 2023 had been resurrected and returned to her.

According to Benjamin, Chelewani reported seeing a young man in Area 36 who resembled her deceased son. She took him to Divason, who fraudulently confirmed the man was indeed her resurrected child, despite clear physical differences.

“Although the young man looked nothing like Chelewani’s late son, Prophet Divason assured her it was him and that he had risen

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