Babu wa Loliondo, the popular Tanzanian herbalist who gained infamy for his "healing magic potion" is dead.
Loliondo who was born Ambilike Mwasapile, was a retired priest of the Lutheran church died yesterday at the Digodigo Health Center in Arusha after a brief illness.
His assistant Paul Dudui said that his family was waiting for his body to be transported to Wasso Hospital mortuary.
Babu came from Samunge village, Loliondo, Ngorongoro District in the Northern part of Tanzania.
The former priest came to the limelight back in 2010 when he claimed he had a vision from God, who instructed him to make a portion he administered from the tree he was shown in the vision.
This saw people from all walks of life with terminal diseases stream into his home seeking the healing portion.
Unfortunately, some patients could barely make it to Loliondo and died along the way before they could taste Babu's magical potion.
"We would receive hundreds of patients here. Even Magufuli (late Tanzanian president). When other traditional healers realised I was gaining popularity, they resorted to propaganda," he once said.
Loliondo even claimed that his herb could cure HIV, cancer and diabetes.
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