Nigeria
Informer | Happened
in Lagos — Occupants
of Ajegunle area of Lagos were, yesterday, thrown into shock and fear, after a
bird was said to have transformed into an old woman who confessed to being a
witchcraft.
The
dark-complexioned nonagenarian with tribal marks, who spoke in Yoruba, told a
bewildered crowd that she was on her way back to Ibadan, Oyo State (as a bird)
when she missed her track.
She was
also said to have told the mammoth crowd that her mystical powers disappointed
her because it was dawn.
Eye-witnesses
told Vanguard that three black birds were seen at about 7am, flying side‑by‑side
along Old Ojo Road.
Then, all
of a sudden, one of them landed on a moving pick‑up van owned by Eko
Electricity Distribution Company.
An eye
witness who identified himself simply as Mr Okafor said: “Immediately the bird
landed on the van, it transformed into an old woman.
“Everyone
ran away at first but we later gathered round the woman only to discover that
she had a bruise on her forehead with which she landed.
“When we
asked her what her mission was, she said three of them were sent to Lagos from
their coven in Ibadan but that on their way back, they missed their way.
“She said
they started hovering in the area until it was morning, adding that she fell because
she was tired.
“She also
told us that she initially did not want to embark on the journey and that she
used to restrict her witchcraft activities to Ibadan because of her age.
“She was
thereafter taken to the Baale of Ajeromi, where she confessed to have killed
her husband through witchcraft.”
Policemen
from Layeni Police Division were said to have been contacted to prevent the
woman from being lynched and they came and took her away.
Police
sources told Vanguard that the woman would be released to any of her
relations who shows up, explaining that the law does not recognise witchcraft.
“She has
not committed any crime and will, therefore, be released to any member of her
family who shows up. We did not arrest her. We only prevented a likely jungle justice,”
the police source said.
Wonder shall never seize in Naija
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