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.
