No surprises. It a culture
one thing that surprises me about these ritual murders is the way nigerians dont seem to care until its they or their children that have been killed.can you imagine what it feels like to have your head cut off.forget d physical pains and think of what would b going thru your mind.i watched an al-qaeda in iraq video recently on the beheading of nick berg[its all over d net,search 4 it] and i couldnt sleep for over three weeks except at daytime.it was that horrific.d young man struggled badly and created the most hideous image i've ever seen.even when his head was connected to his body by just a little skin,he was still struggling.
u can imagine how much of that is happening everyday in nigeria.i was even surprised wen jakumo mentioned south-west[meaning yoruba].i always thought it was more of my tribe[igbo].now you can see the numerical scale.not to mention some south-south tribes that are also into cannibalism.there is not much we can do but we can at least take it very seriously.put yourself[or loved ones] in d position of those who have died like that.i know how europeans would react if it was on their soil.they always imagine that it was they who was killed and take appropriate action.
where i come from[in iboland],there are businessmen,politicians and generally well-known guys,who even little children know exactly how they make their money.these men socialise and have fun like normal people.you cant accuse them because of their police and hangers-on[otimkpu],so everyone generally keeps quiet.every once in a while you would hear of children gone missing or one mother raining curses on her child's kidnappers/killers etc.i think its about time we finally address it squarely as an urgent national problem to save lives in future.u never know who could b next.