Victim Of Robbery By False Prophets Lives To Tell Her Ordeal

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Ask Popi Edith Tibi which day is the worst of her life. Her answer will most likely be the trip she took to Ramotswa Agriculture offices on February 21, writes Staff Writer Pini Bothoko

She visited hills with ceremonial candles, shown scary paws of wild cats, bottles of fake muti, performed numerous cleansing rituals, probably fake all in the hope of getting help.

Instead, Popi Edith Tibi, 69, of Partial in Gaborone was left broken and broke. Tibi shared with The Monitor how tricksters who claimed to be prophets stole her P228, 000 savings from First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) and Barclays Bank.

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Victim Of Robbery By False Prophets Lives To Tell Her Ordeal

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