Nigeria: Bird Turns Woman - Royal Father's Side of the Story

The traditional ruler of Layeni Community, Bale Rafiu Olayemi, has labelled the story that a bird turned into a woman "unbelievable," saying "it is not possible". Olayemi told LEADERSHIP FRIDAY that he did not believe the story, because it can only be imagined and not realistic. Olayemi scoffed at reports of the woman's change, adding that the woman he saw could not have been a bird. He also stated that he had to rescue her from the mob before they could lynch her.

Olayemi also disclosed that after he rescued her, he contacted the divisional police officer of Layeni Police Station, CSP Chijioke Ndu, who led a team of policemen and moved her to the station.

In another development, two men have been interviewed by the Area 'B' Apapa Police Command to explain how their mother, who allegedly turned from a bird into an old woman, vanished from their house.

The men were said to have informed the policemen that the nonagenarian is their mother who lives with them at Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos.

A police officer who refused to give his name said the men claimed that they were looking for their mother who left home without informing them, only to see her pictures in the papers as the woman who had allegedly turned from bird to woman.

The men told the police that never know their mother to be a witch and wondered why people had to spread such a rumour about her.

Another police officer attached to the area command told LEADERSHIP FRIDAY that the area commander, ACP Ndubueze Innocent Anene, has moved the woman to the state police command headquarters, Ikeja, for further investigation.

A crowd had gathered at Okoya, Ajegunle area, after a witness claimed that he saw three black birds flying and one of them was said to have dropped from the sky, only to transmogrify into an old woman.

The station became a Mecca of sort as hundreds of spectators besieged the station hoping to catch a glimpse of the ninety-something-year-old.

A police source at the station disclosed that Ndu had no choice but to transfer her to the area command, due to the "delicate nature of the case".