Update On The Woman Accused To Be A "Witch Bird" In Ajegunle

The woman accused to be a flying witch bird (read here) has finally been vindicated. Two sons of the old woman who read about their mother on the newspapers visited the command headquarters in Ikeja (where she was transferred for further investigation) and declared to them that their mother whom they had been in search for is not a witch as she has been missing from home for some days now.

Despite the old woman's confession of being a witch who flew in from a meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State to Lagos in form of a black bird but lost her way, got tired of flying and landed on the ground, the police released her to her said sons. A police man said:

"This morning (Thursday), two men came to the command claiming that they were the sons of the woman. The men said their mother was not a witch and were very angry with the manner the rumour was spreading.

“They said they were shocked that youths could attack an old woman in her 80s and they were even asking for justice because the woman sustained bruises on her head.”

The men, who said they lived in the Iju Ishaga area of the state were said to have been puzzled as to how their mother walked all the way to Ajegunle.

Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide said that the woman was not a witch and warned residents of the state against jungle justice. She talks about the woman's release:

 “Yes she has been released to her son. The family said due to her old age, she was very ill and was brought from Ibadan to Lagos to stay with one of her sons.

“The woman’s daughter-in-law said she went to buy drugs for her nearby, but by the time she returned home, the woman had left the house.”

Source: Punch