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Wicked: Man sells vultures as chicken in Rivers
…Army barracks in Abia, Imo beware
From Henry Chukwurah, Port Harcourt
Friday, April 30, 2010


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A 32-year-old man, Abraham Kalu, who allegedly sells vulture meat as chicken to unsuspecting of the public has been arrested in Port Harcourt.
Nemesis caught up with the suspect at the Mile 3 Slaughter in Diobu area of the Rivers State capital where he was seen catching vultures and consequently arrested following a tip-off by some traders.

Checks by Daily Sun revealed that six vultures were found in his bag when he was arrested.
The suspect, who told policemen that he started the filthy trade three months ago, moved into Port Harcourt from Ohafia in neighbouring Abia State on completion of his apprenticeship under one Maxwell, who runs a similar business near the Army Barracks in Ohafia and Obinze in Imo State.

He said that he re-located to Port Harcourt because his former boss (Maxwell) had told him that there were more vultures there with the attendant potential of bigger catches and higher profit.
Kalu, who said he was an indigene of Ndioji in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State, shocked policemen at the Mile-3 Police Station when he narrated how he catches the vultures by rubbing snuff on fresh meat to make the carcass-eating ugly birds dizzy and too weak to fly away after eating the meat.

He said that thereafter, he would dress the slain vultures and inject a chemical into them to instantly clear their offensive peculiar odour. Although he initially told his interrogators that he sold the dressed vultures strictly to native doctors who use them for rituals, he could neither name such clients nor explain why he had to dress and inject the vultures with chemicals before selling them.
On how he had been able to evade arrest before now, the suspect said people believed him each time he sold the dummy that the vultures were for native doctors.

According to him, a dressed vulture goes for between N500 and N1,000 depending on size and location of the transaction. Police spokesperson in the State, Mrs. Rita Inoma-Abbey (SP), could not be reached for comments as at Press time. However, Police sources told Daily Sun that investigation was in progress.

Eeeewwwwww lol

ewwwwwww. talk about eatin death

lol, Industrious Igbo man!

WTF!!!!!!! I cant fit shout.

Tasty Fried Vulture (TFV)

Idiots,they don't know that killing off vultures will bring more infections and diseases in the country,vultures are more efficient in waste disposing than all arms of nigerian government put together.

They are there for great purposes as scavengers in a country that can't tidy up,not for eating and deluded rituals.

bgees:

Tasty Fried Vulture (TTV)

redsun:

Idiots,they don't know that killing off vultures will bring more infections and diseases in the country,vultures are more efficient in waste disposing than all arms of nigerian government put together,

Really laughing HARD,nairalanders,una don kolo finish

U go fear!,

what peeps can do for money.

Soon enough we will witness an age when people will hunt down bats, and even roaches will become endangered!

does chicken & vulture have d same taste?

are u sure the gy was not hired/inspired by those 'killer suya' hausas

For all i care, this story might just end up as another HOAX.

Killing of a vulture is not a days job and logistics that goes with it will definetly cost more than buying a chicken.

How much is even a chicken in the 1st place?

Do they taste the same?

The scavenger bird got eaten, fair enough! karma is a bítch!


I doubt if the Police have any charge on him though, there aren't any animal laws against vulture hunting and consumption, just like some peeps eat dogs, cats, and owls!

Vultures play major roles in the eco system especially a place like nigeria where corpses and carcases lie undisturbed for as long it takes vultures and other scavengers to devour them.

Our ancestors were very smart,they surrounded themselves with those wild uneatable animals,understanding the roles they play in the society.

I never met a vulture that I did not like.

yuck!

'odele' peppersoup soup = 404 meets 'clash of the titans'

ojimbo IV:

yuck!

'odele' peppersoup soup = 404 meets 'clash of the titans'

dog meat is meat just like goat meat; a lot of nigerians eat it.

oyb:

are u sure the gy was not hired/inspired by those 'killer suya' hausas

Your bias is very evident.
The article clearly named and identified an Ibo man cheating inocent people - and you still have to rope in Hausa people- what is your problem?

^^^^^

no need to get your panties in a bunch. . .its called sarcasm

@Topic
Too Funny. . .
Transfer to jokes sections.
LOOOLLS !

nobody is asking about the source of this story.

vulture business is booming, this man is not the first neither is he gonna be the last. Just shine your eyes o.
Another vulture as chicken seller man person below https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/nigeria/topic-317512.0.html

Vulture meat and Chicken might not taste the same but I'm sure they look they same!
And after they spice the vulture meat with curry, thyme and pepper, you wouldnt know the difference
I hear they even use it as chicken suya sometimes! Chei!
You see why it's better to just cook ur food urself!

oyb:

^^^^^

no need to get your panties in a bunch. . .its called sarcasm

Also equally known as expensive joke or provocation

Hmm, this is wicked, How can we identify chicken from roasted Vultures?

LoveKing:

Hmm, this is wicked, How can we identify chicken from roasted Vultures?

From a culinary connoisseur's standpoint, roast chicken, if properly prepared and seasoned, should have an aroma that invokes fields of fresh grass, corn and millet, while the smell and flavor of roasted bald vultures generally reminds one more of selected tender mortuary cuttings.