An elderly woman escaped lynching on
Wednesday after being accused of being a bird and witch in the Ajegunle
area of Lagos State.
According to residents of Ojo Road,
where the purported transformation took place, the woman was a black
bird before suddenly turning into a human being.
Hundreds of residents were said to have gathered around the woman to lynch her.
An eyewitness, Chike, said he was sitting in front of a compound with his girlfriend when they saw three black birds flying.
He said it seemed as if the birds were
involved in a fight and as he was watching, suddenly, one of the birds
fell into a moving van belonging to the Eko Electricity Distribution
Company while the other two flew away.