The sleepy town
of Ogotu-Ekiti in Ekiti SouthWest Local Government Area, of western
Nigeria was on Tuesday thrown into confusion when news spread that
a goat had delivered a human-like kid.
The strange incident, which occurred in Lori Oke settlement, a village
that is about 10 kilometres from Ogotun town, drew the attention of
hundreds of residents and travellers.
The spokesman of the community, Sunday Ogunmeji, who spoke with
NAN correspondent on behalf of the Baale (community head), Ganiyu
Adetoun, said a pastor, Mr Daniel Odedele, helped to deliver the goat
of the baby.
“After watching the goat labour for several hours, the pastor took pity
on it and courageously pulled the baby out, only for it to turn out to
be human-like. The `baby’ had all the features of a human being
such as human face, head, hair, female private parts, two legs and
two arms with hoofs.
“However, the human-like baby died at about noon as a result of lack
of care as the crowd merely trooped there to watch rather than to
attempt to save its life,’’ Ogunmeji said.
A resident, Mr Saidi Oladepo, who is a commercial motorcycle
(Okada) operator, told NAN that immediately the goat delivered the
`human-like baby’, it took to its heels.
He said that as soon as members of the community got wind of the
incident, they ran helter-skelter in apparent confusion.
He said alarm was raised and the local security agents, referred to as
`Peace Corps’, were alerted to the incident.
Oladepo added that it took more than two hours to re-capture the
goat in the bush.
The traditional ruler of Ogotun-Ekiti, Oba Samuel Oyebode, could not
be reached for comment as he was said to be in a meeting of the
Traditional Council.
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