The dark-complexioned nonagenarian with tribal marks, who
spoke in Yoruba, told a bewildered crowd that she was on her way back to
Ibadan, Oyo State (as a bird) when she missed her track.
She was also said to have told the mammoth crowd that her
mystical powers disappointed her because it was dawn.
Eye-witnesses told Vanguard that three black birds were
seen at about 7am, flying side‑by‑side
along Old Ojo Road
Then, all of a sudden, one of them landed on a moving
pick‑up van owned by Eko Electricity Distribution
Company.
An eye witness who identified himself simply as Mr Okafor
said: “Immediately the bird landed on the van, it transformed into an old
woman.
“Everyone ran away at first but we later gathered round
the woman only to discover that she had a bruise on her forehead with which she
landed.
“When we asked her what her mission was, she said three
of them were sent to Lagos from their coven in Ibadan
“She said they started hovering in the area until it was
morning, adding that she fell because she was tired.
“She also told us that she initially did not want to
embark on the journey and that she used to restrict her witchcraft activities
to Ibadan
“She was thereafter taken to the Baale of Ajeromi, where
she confessed to have killed her husband through witchcraft.”
Policemen from Layeni Police Division were said to have
been contacted to prevent the woman from being lynched and they came and took
her away.
Police sources told Vanguard that the woman would be
released to any of her relations who shows up, explaining that the law does not
recognise witchcraft.
“She has not committed any crime and will, therefore, be
released to any member of her family who shows up. We did not arrest her. We
only prevented a likely jungle justice,” the police source said.
Reference: vanguardngr
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