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 BlackBerry phones and an android phone.
Our correspondent, who visited the scene
of the incident around Onabanjo Street, Oworonshoki, Lagos State,
learnt that the incident occurred around 10am.
Residents narrates that two ATM cards were also found on the woman.
A resident, James Ogunkoya, told our
correspondent that when some youths saw the woman with some money, they
trailed her into a compound.
It was learnt that 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.”
Another resident said it was N50,000 that was found with the woman.
The resident, who declined to identify
himself, said the youths started suspecting her when she was overheard
speaking like a normal person with somebody two days ago.
“Some guys were convinced that the woman
was only pretending because they overheard her talking with a man on
Monday night. They also wondered where a mad woman could have found the
phones,” he added.
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