Angela Mapfumo popularly known as Gogo Chihera in Chikurubi prison says her husband’s sister accused her of killing her newly born baby after giving birth.

In an interview with Tilda, Mapfumo said her husband had asked her to take her pregnant sister in law who was having stomach pains to the clinic.

On their way, her sister in law complained that she can’t bear the  pain anymore the baby is coming. Thus she went and called someone nearby to come and help her give birth.

Chihera says after delivering the baby,  the baby was not alive so they did not listen to her who was saying they should take the baby home but they buried it in the bush .

“The baby had turned into a greenish color, unresponsive, not breathing  and with foam coming out of the mouth”, she said.

Thus the mother then confessed that she got the baby outside her marriage so she want to keep that incident as a secret.

However Gogo Chihera refused to remain silent about issue hence she reported it but in defence the mother of the baby accused her of being mentally ill.

Chihera says she was arrested because the two who were there on the scene  testified against her.

“They said i killed the baby and squashed it with a stone after that I smiled”, she said.

Adding on the chiefs child testified that Chihera had previously committed stock theft so where she spent 6 years in jail.

Chihera was sentenced  20 years in jail on 6 June 2020.