Locals Arrest Mother for Abandoning 5-Year-Old on ‘Seer’s’ Advice

In Ovia North-East LGA of Edo State, residents intervened after a mother allegedly abandoned her 5-year-old child on the instruction of a self-proclaimed seer. Witnesses say the child had refused to walk, prompting the seer to advise the woman to throw the child into a river. Community members stopped her before any harm occurred and held her on suspicion of child neglect.

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