Old woman allegedly caught with a dead baby in Lagos (photos)

A Facebook user, Kadiri Ismaila, has recounted how an old woman was spotted with a kidnapped dead baby in the Oshodi area of Lagos.

After the old woman was apprehended, she was made to walk around with the baby corpse still straddled on her back before being handed over to the police. Read how he shared the shocking story below:

”An old aged woman was caught dis afternoon wit kingnapped dead a month old baby at oshodi in lagos. Wonder dry say will never end.”

Police have released the aged woman caught with dead baby in Lagos.

The Nation reports that the woman identified as Kuburat Ayinde was intercepted on Monday afternoon at Oshodi under bridge by road users and accused her of kidnapping a-month-old baby strapped on her back. When the crowd discovered that the child was dead, the mob descended on the woman who was eventually rescued by some of the policemen at Oshodi.

During interrogation, the old woman claimed that the dead baby was her grandchild. She also went ahead to disclose that she was rushing the child to the hospital passing on, adding that the child’s mother was mentally unstable. It was gathered that the woman was detained by the police to carryout investigation to ascertain her claims.

According to the command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police (SP) the woman was eventually released after the child’s mother and other family members came to the station and corroborated her story.