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Two men – children of the unidentified
elderly woman who was almost lynched by a mob in the Ajegunle area of
Lagos after being accused of witchcraft – have identified the victim as
their mother.
They said the octogenarian was....
not a witch, but a victim of the nature and had been missing from home.
It was reported on Wednesday that 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.
According to source, 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.
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