LAGOS — Residents of Ajegunle area of Lagos were, yesterday,
thrown into shock, after a bird was said to have transformed into an old woman
who confessed to being a witch.
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 said 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 said 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.
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