There was pandemonium on Saturday and Sunday near the Trailer Park at Ebubu in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers when scores of youth, women and children descended on a burrow pit; dug out and took home several tonnes of chicken condemned and buried by men of the Nigerian Customs.

The scavengers came with shovels, pans, basins and buckets to cart their loot home.

The Customs had on Friday dug out a canal there and buried thousands of cartons of frozen poultry they seized at the Onne Ports. Witnesses said the chicken were brought in six containers, emptied and
buried before the customs party left.

But news soon spread abroad about the development and very early on Saturday, the human carrions came calling. With no security at the site, they dug and dug and opened up the pit.

A visit to many homes around the area on Sunday revealed serious barbecuing going on as people roasted and dried the chicken they exhumed from the burial site.

In one home according to reports, a full length refrigerator was stocked full of roast chicken, while the hosts invited guests to a sumptuous pick.

But the development has sent an alarm across Eleme and neighbouring communities about the danger of eating the condemned chicken.
The Archbishop of the popular Commonwealth Covenant Church, the Most Rev. Moses Kattey, had to put out a message to the people on Sunday warning people off eating chicken for two weeks.

“A very mighty hole was dug and trailers of carton of chicken were buried by govt for health reasons. People have gone there with shovels to exhume the meat to sell. Warn your people please not to buy frozen or fried chicken next 2 weeks. They are poisonous. This happened here in Eleme but can be sold anywhere,” the archbishop said.

Mr. Friday Lewa Goya, a local resident said:

“We saw scores of people in Eleme/Onne axis (just before trailer Park) carrying raffia bags full of exhumed ‘frozen’ chickens and turkey. The Nigerian Customs buried them yesterday after seizing them from the importers.

“Please if you live in Rivers state, especially in Onne area cascade this post. you might also want to stay off frozen poultry for a while.”
A few other residents however said there was no health hazard with the poultry. Mr. Lasbrey Iriaka said the poultry was confiscated not because it had expired or because it posed health hazard.

“It was seized from importers because it is contraband. The customs men even diverted one container themselves. So who is fooling who?” queried Iriaka.

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UPDATE: The Rivers State Ministry of Health has warned the public not to eat chicken disposed by the Nigerian custom services along trailer park axis of East West Road.

A statement signed by the press officer ministry of health Paul Bazia said efforts are on to mop up the ones already in circulation.

The Ministry of Health Rivers State said the chicken which was imported by fraudulent business men are not safe for human consumption.

The statement also called on the general public not to buy chicken at very low price from these fraudulent business men.

-- lailasblog.com

Jesus

This is how Ebola happens in Africa. So people are this hungry in the so called "Giant of Africa"? And a few meters from here wealth is being pumped out of the earth.

Awon elebi.....

[size=15pt]This is what poverty and ignorance can cause. Running from worm to embrace snake; which is more dangerous?
How would it have been if there was war induced famine in the land [/size]

Hia
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If Amechi had created/provided jobs for this frustrated hungry beings, this will not be happening.

Poverty is a disease.....


This statement though.........


[size=20pt]“It was seized from importers because it is contraband. The customs men even diverted one container themselves. So who is fooling who?” queried Iriaka.[/size]


LMAO

They are happy

These people are hungry!!!

But then it's not a good idea to consume them.

One way .... i lik that shaa ... but after effect

Wicked WIKE,see ur pipu life?. Ebola dey sleep,una go wake am .Highway to their grave in advance.

hmm. see chicken. customs wicked o. them fit seize human being sef.

btw allow them eat the chicken na. all they need to do is pray b4 eating. truly we are in a zoo! SMH

Hunger dey town o..... Chai

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they have oil but their leaders still make sure they wallow in poverty

Oh God!.

This scene also brings memory of people scooping petrol from fallen tankers. These pictures are enough to tell Nigerian politicians of the extent of poverty in this country.

Sometimes I just feel like getting a gun to kill any politician at sight. Boko haram should please turn their guns to Nigerian politicians, they're the one that deserve to be killed.

Poverty no good

what a hungry country

Poverty

[size=18pt]see south shit people[/size]

ewww

Hmmm!!

Disgusting

u mean Nigerians are this hungry

I feel like crying.

Only in Rivers... Thunder fire poverty

THIS IS BEYOND SCARY!!!!

ok

Failed nation

Once there is Outbreak of known and Unknown Sicknesses and Diseases in Rivers State...we know the source