Man Sells Vulture As Roasted Chicken

Man Sells Vulture As Roasted Chicken
August 31, 2009 14:31, 722 views

By Emma Una/ Calabar

Those in the habit of buying and eating roasted chicken from road-side vendors should have a rethink as some greedy individuals now sell vulture as chicken.

The illicit trade, which is booming in Akwa Ibom State, was confirmed when a mammoth crowd on Saturday at Urua Ikot Odiong in Eket Local Government Area observed how a young man packed over ten vultures in a Ghana-Must-Go bag to prepare them for roadside barbecue .

The young man, who gave his name as Damian, was arrested at Ikot Odiong market on the fateful day at about 5 p.m with the Ghana-Must-Go bag in which he had stuffed the ten vultures.

Luck ran out on him when one of the vultures tore open a part of the bag and attempted to escape. Damian, in an attempt to prevent the vulture from escaping, put the bag down and its zip accidentally opened, exposing the contents of the bag which attracted some people.

The curious observers who gathered to observe the bizarre spectacle raised an alarm which attracted a mammoth crowd, most of them traders who were at the time busy packing their wares at the close of the day’s business.

When interrogated, Damian confessed that he sells vulture and that the vultures found on him were caught in the market. He said he had been in the business for the past five years.

Asked what he does with vultures, Damian revealed that he normally prepared some as roasted chicken which he sells to the general public.

His confession irked the crowd which attempted to lynch him but for the intervention of market officials who prevented this.

“He told us that some of the roasted chicken we eat on the road-sides, even along the Benin-Lagos road are vulture meat and that it is very delicious. Why should he do such a business in Akwa Ibom State when he knows that our people regard vulture as a taboo? ” an eye witness lamented.

The eye witness, who gave his name as Effiong, said “when the vulture man sensed that trouble was coming his way, he told the market officials that he wanted to ease himself and used that opportunity to escape into a nearby bush.”

All efforts to re-arrest him failed as it was getting dark, and the angry market union officials set the vultures ablaze.

Some months ago, a middle-aged man, whose name was withheld by a local tabloid based in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, had confessed that he earns a living selling vulture as chicken.

I am thoroughly tired of this country. Virtually everyone is evil or planning evil. The followership is as bad as the leadership.

So how many vultures have you eaten?

I don't see the problem.  As long as the meat tastes as good as chicken, it's fine.

The only problem is deceit. If he label it as Vulture meet then no problem but if he label it as chicken the their is problem.
Seun if somebody deceive you to buy pork as beef will u like it?.

The issue is their culture regards vultures as a taboo, I guess.  But it's not such a big deal.

Nwoke Presido1, i will make your ogbono soup with Vulture meat

As far as itz from My own Hauwa bring it on. Even Vulture pepersoup .

hmm Wonders shall never end.

Kai wetin be dis for f**k sake. I don see and hia everything for dat una country sha. Everything goes,na the watchword for that country sha. Lord have mercy on all of us ooo.

Well, i don't like chicken suya anyway!

Tastee Fried Vulture(TFV)

what of Nigerian Chickens that eat shit?

Mehn.,thats its.
No more suya for me.

im afraid it has!