shocked residents of Olakula area of Idiroko in Ipokia Local Government
Area of Ogun State on Wednesday.
According to TheNation, the scene turned chaotic as residents trooped
out to see the woman, identified as Iya Toheeb, who sat in a car with
the assistance of family members and sympathisers.
It was thought that she might have been a victim of money-making ritual after her condition allegedly
defied orthodox medication.
The woman was also brought to one of the men she was associated with, a
carpenter in the community. Of the reason for bringing the afflicted
woman to the man, a source at the scene who asked not to be named, said:
“The woman was brought to the carpenter who was her former husband. Her
family members believed that the man may be responsible for her
worsening condition that defied treatment in hospital where she was
admitted for months.
Doctors were said to have advised her relatives to seek alternative
medicine to her ill-health because it had gone beyond the purview of
orthodox medicine.’’
Another source, who did not want her name in print, told TheNation:
“The woman had dated different men in the past and it is believed that
she may have been used for money-making ritual going by what we heard
from those who know her.
“She has no wound in her private part yet maggots keep dropping from her
sexual organ and that sends a signal that there is more to her problem
than meets the eye, particularly since doctors have asked her relatives
to seek help from native doctors for solution to her problem.”
It was learnt that the carpenter, whose real name could not be
ascertained at press time, made remarks that suggested the woman was
being punished for her promiscuity, after which the woman’s family
members decided to bring her to him for possible solution to her
predicament. The carpenter reportedly fled before the arrival of
TheNation’s correspondent.
At the scene, sympathisers helped spread a sack on the car seat on which
the woman sat when the maggots continued to drop even as a stench
emanating from her body fouled the air.
“This is what my beauty has done to me o,” said the woman shortly before being taken away by her family members.