Experts worry at rising cases of old women being labelled witches and getting dehumanised in the process, FOLASHADE ADEBAYO writes
The middle-aged woman sat subdued in the midst of her attackers. Burnt and beaten, she cradled her right cheek in one blood-soaked hand, mumbling incoherent words meaningful only to her ears.
But she was not a sight to pity by the mob who had just been prevented by police officers from going the extra mile. By the time she died a few days later from her burns, no one knew her name. But eye witnesses swore she was a witch flying at half mast and roasted by a high tension wire at Cappa, Oshodi, Lagos State.Cont'd at The Punch...
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