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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