A woman said to be
mentally-challenged escaped being lynched by an angry mob on Wednesday after
she was allegedly caught with N100,000, two ATM cards, two BlackBerry phones
and an android phone. Incident occurred around Onabanjo Street, Oworonshoki,
Lagos State, around 10am.
A resident, James Ogunkoya, told Punch that when some youths saw the woman with some money, they trailed her into a compound. The youths, who suspected her of being a ritual killer, pounced on her and beat her to a pulp.
A resident, James Ogunkoya, told Punch that when some youths saw the woman with some money, they trailed her into a compound. The youths, who suspected her of being a ritual killer, pounced on her and beat her to a pulp.
Ogunkoya said:
Around 10am, I saw a crowd around an
unkempt woman. Some of the youths picked up sticks and were beating the woman. When I asked what was
wrong, they said they found three phones and N100,000 with the her. They said
the woman was not mad, but was only pretending to be mad so that she could
easily perpetrate evil acts.”
