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The late former president Robert Mugabe was buried in a specially designed and tamper-proof casket over the weekend amid fears other politicians would harvest his body parts for rituals.

Mugabe, according to his family’s spokesperson, Leo Mugabe, was worried that some powerful politicians wanted to use his body parts for rituals.

WE ARE AFRAID THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE AFTER HIS BODY PARTS OR EVEN HIS WHOLE BODY AND THEY WANT TO USE THAT FOR RITUALS

Leo Mugabe told City Press that the family had been made aware of Mugabe’s fears in his last days.

“You know some people have an inclination for rituals. We are afraid that some people are after his body parts or even his whole body and they want to use that for rituals,” Leo Mugabe said.

Fearful about this, the Mugabe family had resolved to bury the late Zimbabwean leader in a specially designed casket.

Mugabe Buried In Specially Designed Tamper Proof Coffin As Family Take ‘Theft Of Body Parts’ Fears Seriously

This had motivated the family’s decision to have him buried at his rural compound in a courtyard.

“The casket is tamper-proof and there is nothing unusual about that because we are trying to follow his last wishes which he confided to his wife before he passed on; he intimated that there were people who wanted to use his body for rituals,” he said.