[Photo] ‘mad’ Woman Arrested With 25 SIM Cards, Two ATM Cards in Lagos

Twenty five SIM cards, two Automated Teller
Machine (ATM) cards, different bank tellers and
a working mobile telephone were yesterday
recovered from a supposedly mad woman,
pictured below, at Oshodi bus stop, Lagos
State.The woman, it was learnt, has been living
at the spot in the last two years.
The items were discovered when the officials of
the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), who
wanted to use the place, tried to evacuate her.
An NRC official, who spoke on condition of
anonymity to NewTelegraph, said the discovery
of the SIM cards, ATM cards andbank tellers
came to them as a surprise. He said:"The
woman has being living at the spot for some
time now.
Recently, a canteen was built close to the spot
where she is sitting, but some people
whopatronise the canteen always complain
about the presence of the woman. To our
surprise, when we were about to evacuate her
from the spot, about25 SIM cards, two ATM
cards, different bank tellers and a phone were
recovered from her. We don't want another
incident similar to that of Clifford Orji where
human parts were recovered.
We suspect the woman has someone she is
working for. We are going to hand her over to
the task force because we don't want to take
chances.
The woman was behaving normally when we
moved close to her, but suddenly she started
putting upa strange behaviour and pretending to
be alunatic. We don't see her to be what she is
claiming.
"A trader, who identified herself simply as
Rebecca, told NewTelegraph that she did not
believe the woman was a lunatic."She used to
come to my shop to buy detergent to wash her
clothes and to bathe.
I was surprised when she started behaving
strangely now.Whenever she comes to buy from
me, she always comes with crisp N500 notes.
"There was a day I closed late, I saw someone
who parked beside the road and was discussing
with the woman. But I did not hear what they
were saying.Out of curiosity, I went to her the
following day to ask her who the person was.
She said those who come to visit her were her
family members. Government should clear
lunatics from Oshodi and its environs," shesaid.
Another trader, who did not want her namein
print, said the woman never begged for alms
from passers-by.
She said:"We also want the police to beam their
searchlight on that angle, because she was not
soliciting alms from people.
They should ask her where she is getting the
money she is spending from, because we don't
want to lose our children in the market."