by S’ola Filani

A middle-aged woman, called ‘mad’ by some observers, was caught in possession of a dead child at Mile-Two, along Oshodi/Apapa expressway, Lagos on Sunday.
She was caught by a Police officer with the corpse of a young boy on the Mile 2 bridge close to Festac, Lagos.

According to reports, the officer who suspected the woman was asked to empty her “Ghana-Must-Go” bag.

A lot of fetish materials were found as well as a corpse of a young boy.

Though the woman, who gave her name as Florence, claimed that the dead child was hers, but an angry mob said she could have kidnapped and killed the child for money ritual.

Though news making the round earlier had it that the child’s eyes were plucked, but Vanguard reports that the eyeballs were only popped.

Defending herself, the woman said  “I am from Umo in Kwale area of Delta State. I was born in Lagos and I have three children. Nothing is wrong with me. This child (pointing to the dead child) is my son. He is the last of my three children. I have a boy and a girl who are in the village. His name is Chidi and he is five years old.

“He has been very sick. In fact, he had fever and needed blood transfusion but I couldn’t afford the money for it. He died three days ago. Before he died, we wanted to travel back to the village. My husband stays in Port Harcourt. I don’t have any relative in Lagos. I was living under a staircase in one of the shops located in Alaba market. A security man allowed my son and I to sleep there at night. I didn’t steal any baby neither did I kill any child.

“I was carrying Chidi on my back after he died, only for people to gather around me this morning and started beating me. What have I done to deserve this kind of beating? If not for these policemen, they would have beaten me to death.”

Some people were of the opinion that she was insane but the Police said that would be ascertained in the course of investigation.