A middle-aged woman, caused a stir in Kubwa, Abuja, on Monday, when she was found naked on the rooftop of the All Saint’s Fellowship Church close to the Kubwa Village market

A middle-aged woman, caused a stir in Kubwa, Abuja, on

Monday, when she was found naked on the rooftop of the All

Saint’s Fellowship Church close to the Kubwa Village

market.The woman, who sold bean cake and was well known

in the neighbourhood, was branded a witch by the huge

number of spectators that were drawn to the scene, but the

quick intervention of the police saved her from being lynched

by the angry mob.The police team, led by the Kubwa

Divisional Police Officer,brought the woman from the roof and

asked her children to bring items of clothing for her before

she was taken to the station.According to the DPO, “We

rescued the woman from the All Saint’s Fellowship Church,

where we found her naked on the rooftop. I learnt she has

psychiatric problems, but the spectators believed she was a

witch and wanted to attack her, so we had to bring her to the

station and place her under protective custody.”

What registers with you most considering the details above?

Given the African context and the realities of belief systems

that exist,is there anything out of place with the mob which

branded the woman a witch?What then does the above speak

of concerning a traditional African,Nigerian society in a

contemporary world?

Posted by Donatus Joshua at 01:30