the woman |
They said the octogenarian was not a witch, but a victim of
the nature and had been missing
from home.
You
will recall that on Wednesday the elderly woman was attacked by a
mob which accused her of being a black bird that transformed into a human being.
It was alleged that while being beaten, the woman confessed
that she was a witch and had flown to Ibadan, Oyo State for a meeting but got
tired on returning from Lagos and fell from the sky.
The woman was subsequently rescued by the police and taken to the Area B Command.
However, sources at the command said that two sons of the
victim came to the
command on Thursday after seeing their mother’s picture in the newspapers.
The source said the two men explained that their mother had
wandered off some days ago and they had been looking for her.
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.
A policeman at the command 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.”
Another police source at the command said that the Area
commander, ACP Ndubueze Anene, had transferred the woman to the command
headquarters in Ikeja for further investigation.
He said the sons had also gone to the headquarters to
provide evidence that the woman was indeed their mother.
Police Public
Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said that the woman was not a
witch and warned residents of the state against jungle justice.
When asked if the woman had been released, Braide said, “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.”
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