Misery: Bird turns to old woman in Lagos

Residents of Ajegunle area of Lagos were,
yesterday, thrown into shock, after a bird was said to have
transformed into an old woman who confessed to being a
witch.
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 but
that on their way back, they missed their way.
"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 because of her age.
"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.
Source: vanguard