-A Nigerian man who now resides in Kenya described how the controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie-led Shakahola cult took his wife from him.
-Abbas Babatunde claims that on April 7, his wife, Constance Charo, abruptly vanished from their Likoni house.
Abbas Babatunde travelled to Kilifi with the use of a Google map when the Shakahola cult story first surfaced about two weeks ago to see whether he would locate his loved ones, including his wife, alive.
In one of the interviews with the local media, Abbas stated, “I’m here in search of my loved ones; my in-laws, my child, my wife, and her sister…the whole family.”
The Nigerian citizen now recalls April 7, 2023, as though it were yesterday. According to him, that was the day his wife fled their Likoni house and hasn’t been seen since.
My wife’s final words to me were, “I’m going to the store; I’ll be back soon,” recalls Abbas.
Since then, he has yearned to speak with his wife once more.
Abbas never anticipated the day would come when his wife would wake up and leave what he at least believed to be a happy marriage.
He claims that he kept a watchful eye on his wife’s movements because she had previously expressed thoughts of taking her own life.
The distraught husband told the Nation, “When she did not return after about two to three hours, I started looking for her around the compound, but nobody seemed to know her whereabouts.”
He claims he would learn later that Constance was in daily contact with her older sister, Betty, a flight attendant for Qatar Airways, and that she was returning to Kenya at the time.
Abbas babatunde. Photo/Nation
He claims that after looking through Betty’s WhatsApp chats, he discovered a strange exchange between the two sisters.
According to Abbas, the two discussed, among other things, their plans to travel on April 6 and “something about the gates of heaven being closed on April 8.”
Prior, Abbas claims their father, one Charles Charo, had sent them a letter telling them to go to a forest where they would “meet Jesus.”
Days later, he claims, Betty’s coworkers began calling him to inquire as to why she hadn’t returned to work.
“I contacted Betty, but it was her father who answered the call, claiming that she had already travelled back to Qatar,” recalls Abbas.
He says he would later discover that Betty had booked a one-way ticket from Nairobi to Malindi.
Abbas accuses his mother-in-law of recruiting and brainwashing her five other family members to join the Shakahola cult.
The five include Constance, Constance’s daughter, Betty’s father, sister, and brother. The brother of Abbas’ father-in-law, Paul Chengo, appears to support the latter’s assertions.
He claims that her sister-in-law, identified as Ajenta, was a devout supporter of Pastor Paul Mackenzie.
Pastor Paul Mackenzie who is believed to be the leader of the Shakahola cult. Photo/courtesy
Chengo says Ajenta would proceed to recruit the whole family to watch Paul Mackenzie’s Times TV. He says they started listening to the controversial ‘pastor’ in 2017.
“They were taught some controversial teachings, like not taking their children to school. Their mother, Ajenta, is a loyal follower of Mackenzie. She then influenced the rest of the family,” says Chengo.
Abbas and Chengo now assert that they have no idea how the family ended up in Shakahola village with the other supporters.
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Abbas is still hopeful that authorities will help find his relatives, whom he believes are still alive.
Watch Abbas’s interview with Citizen TV below.
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