53-Year-Old Lagos Lady Stripped Nak*d Over Alleged Baby Theft

The timely intervention of Police operatives from Olasan Division, Mushin, saved a 53-year-old lady from being lynched by a mob on Thursday in Lagos after she had been stripped nak*d.

The mob had alleged that the woman stole a baby.

Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesman of the Police Command in Lagos, disclosed this on his Twitter handlebar monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

“We really need to join hands to stop jungle justice. At about 6.10 p.m. today (Thursday), people stripped naked a 53-year-old woman (names withheld), started stoning her and were about lynching her.

“This happened at Alasalatu, Mushin area of Lagos. The allegation was that she touched a baby and the baby disappeared.

“Police got there on time to rescue her and the mob was dispersed with teargas.

“The allegation has not been proven. No parent/guardian has come forward yet to complain of a missing baby in that locality today. She’s currently at the station. Her husband has been contacted,” Hundeyin said.

The image maker said that investigation was ongoing, stressing that Jungle justice was not the way to go.

“Say no to jungle justice,” he declared in rebuking the action of the mob in stripping the Lagos lady nak*d over the over the unfounded allegation of baby theft.

NAN reports that cases of jungle justice have become rampant in the last four months with the Police foiling two of such attempts and rescuing the victims. (NAN)

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government says it will demolish the remaining buildings on the land, where the 21-storey building collapsed on Gerrard Road, in Ikoyi.

Dr Idris Salako, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, disclosed this at a news conference on the handing over of the complex to the contractor for deconstruction on Thursday in Lagos.

Salako said that the buildings would take about three months or more, to be demolished, adding that the land on which the structures were situated would be taken over by the state government.

He noted that  the taking over of the land was in line with the state physical planning law, which stated that owners of collapsed buildings would forfeit the land to the state.

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