The
sleepy town of Ogotun-Ekiti in Ekiti SouthWest Local Government Area of Ekiti
State was on Tuesday thrown into confusion when information filtered that a
goat had delivered a human-like baby goat.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the
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 spokesperson of the community, Sunday Ogunmeji,
who spoke with a correspondent on behalf of the Baale (community head), Ganiyu
Adetoun, said a pastor, 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,” Mr. Ogunmeji said.
A resident, Saidi Oladepo, who is a commercial
motorcycle (Okada) operator, said 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.
Mr. Oladepo added that it took more than two hours
to re-capture the goat in the bush.
The traditional ruler of Ogotun-Ekiti, 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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