False Kidnap Alarm Almost Cause Owner Of A Motherless Babies Home To Be Lynched

A middle-aged woman  escaped death by the whiskers, after she was attacked by a mob who accused her of kidnapping six children, at Iyana-Iba area of Lagos. The woman, identified simply as Mrs Nwamu, was later discovered to be the departmental head of Sports and Tourism of PRO LABORE DEI, a Catholic Diocese in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Nwamu, who was said to be receiving treatment at an undisclosed private hospital, was also discovered to be owner of a motherless babies’ home around Badagry area of the state. She was said to have been accompanied by six children, clad in uniforms, later discovered to be that of her home. Destination, as gathered, was Ibadan, where they were to attend a monthly vigil. However, on reaching Iyana-Iba, some women reportedly raised the alarm, apparently thinking that the children could have been kidnapped.


An eyewitness told Vanguard: “When she was accosted to identify who the children were, she paid little or no attention. That made everyone to conclude that she could have kidnapped the children.
“A mob suddenly descended on her. But for the timely intervention of policemen, she would have been killed. Some of the children, whose ages were between four and nine years, sustained injuries in the process as she was struggling to release them from her attackers’ grips. “Meanwhile, a woman was shouting at the top of her voice that she knew the woman as the operator of a motherless babies’ home. She also said that the woman helped a lunatic to deliver her baby and that the lunatic and her baby were in her home in Badagry. “But the mob turned deaf ears to the claim, saying she could be a member of her gang.” Spokesman for Lagos State Police Command, Mr Joe Offor, condemned the mob attack, clarifying that the woman was innocent. At 6.30p.m., Offor said three of the children were still asleep, adding that their foster mother was responding to treatment. Members of the Catholic Diocese invited to ascertain her claim, according to Offor, confirmed that Nwamu’s was one of them.

-Vanguard-