Policemen were battling yesterday to
keep away a crowd that stormed their station at Layeni in Ajegunle, the
popular Lagos suburb, to catch a glimpse of a suspect. The suspect is
an old woman who residents described as a confessed witch.
They said a bird turned into a woman who they claimed, seemed to be in her 80s.
Among residents who gathered on Ojo
Road, Ajegunle, to see the “shocking” scene was Emeka Christian,who said
he was with his girlfriend when they saw three flying black birds in
the air.
“I jokingly told my girlfriend – Kemi –
that two of the birds could be males fighting over the only female among
them.
We both laughed it over, but we could not believe our eyes when
suddenly one of the birds fell and began to transform into an old woman
who appeared in her 80s. The two other birds flew away. While some
waited in disbelief, others took to their heels,” said Emeka.
As the woman rolled on the road, with
blood gushing out of her forehead, according to Emeka, she confessed to
being a witch, adding that she was returning to her Ibadan, Oyo State
home from a meeting in Lagos.
Another eyewitness said: “I have never
seen this kind of incident in my life. I used to hear it, but this is
terrifying. So these things truly happen? God will save and protect us”.
At Layeni Police Station, the crowd was
so uncontrollable that the officer in charge ordered the woman’s
transfer to the Command Headquarters, Ikeja.
Police Command spokesperson Ngozi
Braide, a Deputy Superintendent of police (DSP), confirmed the incident,
but said the police do not get involved in supernatural cases.
She said: “The residents said they saw a
bird that suddenly hit an electric pole and landed on the ground and
turned to an old woman. They wanted to lynch her but she was rescued by
operatives from Layeni Police Station who were on patrol.
The residents
besieged the police station and wanted to set it ablaze but were
prevented. The woman is still in our custody and investigation is
ongoing to ascertain where she was coming from and what she came to do
in Lagos.”
Braide advised the public against
jungle justice, adding that people should learn how not to take the law
into their hands because it is criminal.
SOURCE: The Nation
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