Female Kidnapper Who Pretended To Be Insane Was Burnt To Death By Mob In Ondo

A middle-aged "supposed lunatic" woman popularly called "Ayababa" by residents who usually found her at a refuse dump along Oluseyi Street in Ondo town ran out of luck when she was caught by some youths while trying to drag a primary school boy of seven-years who was on his way to school into an uncompleted building at about 7.30 a.m.

The youths who were on the other side of the road were attracted by the boy's shout for help when she tried to kidnap him. The lunatic was said to have received heavy beatings when she was unable to explain her actions.

In the course of questioning from the youths, it was revealed that she actually was a sane person who had all along pretended to be a lunatic as one of the youths reportedly removed the artificial hair on her head and discovered she had expensive fingernails fixed and a Blackberry and Nokia handsets were also discovered in her bag.

The infuriated youths who were amazed at these discoveries applied jungle justice by setting her ablaze after pouring petrol on her.

She was said to have confessed before she met her death that she used to come from Osogbo in Osun State thrice a month for the kidnap business.

According to an eyewitness, the woman said she was not the only one in the business as others had fled immediately she was arrested.

Vanguard gathered that the woman would, during the day, operate as a lunatic to scout for victims and at night go after her targets.

Nemesis, however, caught up with her as she could not wait for the night before pouncing on the boy which led to her arrest and subsequent death.

It was learnt that the deceased had some men accomplices within the town who assisted her to ferry the victims out of the town.

The state police image maker, Wole Ogodo, could not be reached on phone for confirmation. 

Culled from Vanguard :