There was pandemonium in Ajegunle area of Lagos yesterday as a mob was adamant on lynching a woman who they accused of being a black bird, moments before it fell from the sky and turned into a woman. Making matters worse, the old woman also claimed to be a bird, drawing the anger of the mob.
Witnesses say three black birds were flying and appeared to be fighting in the sky when one of the birds fell ontop of an Eko Electricity Distribution van.
Another witness said, “The bird suddenly turned to an old woman of about 80. People were shocked as they saw the woman rolling on the road and blood gushing out from her forehead.
“When the crowd was interrogating her, she said she was a witch and that she came from Ibadan for a meeting in Lagos but as they were returning home they missed their way and wasted so much time hovering in the area till daybreak. The woman claimed she fell because she was tired of flying.”
Another witness 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.”
The Baale summoned the police from Ajegunle division to stop the woman from being killed by the angry mob.