Old Woman Who Confesses To Be A 'Witch Bird' Rescued From Lagos Mob

Yesterday, May 21, 2014, in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State, a black bird which was hovering around and landed on the ground suddenly transformed to an old woman of about 80 years who had blood gushing out from her forehead. 

Jungle justice was about to take its place as hundreds of residents who gathered around the woman was about to lynch her until the traditional ruler of Layeni Community, Baale Rafiu Olayeni, arrived the scene and thereafter, invited the police who finally came to her aid, rescued her from the angry mob and took her to the police station. It was learnt that the unsatisfied crowd joined them to the police station.

According to an eyewitness who is also a resident of that area, while he was sitting outside a compound with his girlfriend, they saw three troubled fighting black birds flying around until one of the birds fell into a moving van belonging to the Eko Electricity Distribution Company while the other two flew away. He said:

 

“The bird suddenly turned to an old woman of about 80. People were shocked as they saw the woman rolling on the road and blood gushing out from her forehead.

“When the crowd was interrogating her, she said she was a witch and that she came from Ibadan for a meeting in Lagos but as they were returning home they missed their way and wasted so much time hovering in the area till daybreak. The woman claimed she fell because she was tired of flying.”

According to the traditional ruler who rescued the woman;

“People told me the woman fell down as a bird but I did not believe them. I had to rescue the old woman before the mob lynches her as they claimed she was a witch. Sometimes the reasoning of old people could be compared to that of a small child because of the effects of old age.”

 

However, it was reported that an uncontrollable number of people visited the police station to see the "witch bird" and that posed difficulty for the police to handle so the DPO had to call for reinforcement from Ajegunle and Amukoko divisions before he could handle the crowd as some people were bent on lynching the woman while the policemen opened to air, tear gas which dispersed the crowd.

 

It was learnt that the woman was subsequently transferred to the Area B Command in Apapa for further investigation.

Source: Punch