Grandmother Saved from Lynching Over False Kidnap Alarm

LAGOS—A 50-year-old grandmother escaped death by the whiskers yesterday, in the densely populated Ajegunle area of Lagos, after she was attacked by a mob that thought she stole a day-old baby.
The woman, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, was reportedly seen cuddling the day-old-baby whom she wrapped in a cloth.
Some curious persons were said to have raised alarm that she kidnapped the baby which made the mob surround her.
She reportedly tried in vain to explain that the baby was her grand-child and that the mother was still recuperating in the hospital, as the mob descended on her.
An eyewitness, who identified herself as Ubani Amara, said: “When they asked her at first where she got the baby from, she ignored the question.
“That gave room for suspicion that she could have kidnapped the baby because of the spate of kidnappings in Lagos. Again, she looked  too old to give birth.
“A man among the crowd was the first to hit her, followed by slaps. That was when she said the baby belongs to her daughter. Nobody believed the claim because they expected to see the mother with her.
“The mob even tried to take the baby from her but the woman held tight to him, causing the baby to start bleeding from the cord.”
The swift  arrival of policemen from Ajegunle division saved the woman from being lynched.
Preliminary investigation, according to sources at the division, revealed that the child was indeed the woman’s grandchild.
Sources disclosed that the medical  doctor at an undisclosed private hospital around Aiyetoro where the grandmother claimed her child was, was  invited to ascertain the claim.
According to the source, “when the doctor arrived, he confirmed  that  the biological mother was still in the hospital, explaining she developed some complications after birth.  The doctor said she also could not Bosom  feed the baby and advised  the grandmother  to take the baby home in order to give him proper bath and water, while the mother was being treated.
“The doctor said the baby was delivered around 8.45 a.m. and that any attempt by his mother to Bosom  feed him could lead to her death because she has lost so much blood and was weak and pale.”

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Posted: at 14-05-2014 10:18 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

ANIMALS LIVING IN THE ZOO CALLED NIGEZOO..

Posted: at 14-05-2014 10:49 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie

what kind of country is dis....naija

Posted: at 14-05-2014 11:24 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

imaging dat

Posted: at 14-05-2014 11:33 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie

Can't the doctor keep that baby in the hospital so she/he will be taken care of medically. Why giving out a day old baby to an old woman thereby exposing her to all these diseases in town nowadays? Am suspecting the doctor too

Posted: at 14-05-2014 11:49 AM (10 years ago) | Hero

 

Posted: at 14-05-2014 11:53 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

ANIMALS LIVING IN THE ZOO CALLED NIGEZOO..
including your family

Posted: at 14-05-2014 12:00 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Jungle Nigerian justice.

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Posted: at 14-05-2014 12:38 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

Nw we ve completely lost it in Nigeria.

Posted: at 14-05-2014 01:12 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Thank God the innocent woman is still alive,only God knows how many people have lost their lives to jungle justice in Nigeria

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Posted: at 14-05-2014 01:36 PM (10 years ago) | Hero