From Emmanuel Obe

There was pandemonium on Saturday and Sunday near the Trailer Park at Ebubu in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers when thousands of youths, 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 a full length refrigerator was stocked full of roast chicken, while the hosts invited guest 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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Mumu Customs


Comparing the cost of transporting the containers to that site

cost of digging the huge hole

cost of loading / stacking ( dumping it in the hole )

cost of covering it up


against the cost of incinerating , You would realize it is waste of resources and misplaced priority



But Rivers people sha, na so una suffer reach ? i think say Biafra na land of milk and honey ni ?

"The seized poultry was not poisonous but contraband. The custom officers diverted a trailer load of the chicken themselves. So who's fooling who? "




Nna, they should enjoy the free poultry Jare! Awof can never run belle!

This is crazy

Until it actually runs belle

Beremx:
"The seized poultry was not poisonous but contraband. The custom officers diverted a trailer load of the chicken themselves. So who's fooling who? "




Nna, they should enjoy the free poultry Jare! Awof can never run belle!

Beremx:
"The seized poultry was not poisonous but contraband. The custom officers diverted a trailer load of the chicken themselves. So who's fooling who? "




Nna, they should enjoy the free poultry Jare! Awof can never run belle!

As i like you reach for Nairaland?surprised.

You mean you see nothing wrong in this?people digging up buried rot to eat?wetin.

Zoo!

DaBullIT:
Until it actually runs belle

O boy go siddon! Do you know the cost of frozen poultry in the market? Do you know how expensive it is?
A kilo weight of turkey wings which is just 3pieces is sold for 900 as at yesterday I bought it. That means a piece of it is 300naira. Don't you think its expensive?

Mtscheeew! Abeg they should enjoy the poultry meat. Na their luck.

HungerBad indeed.

HungerBAD:


As i like you reach for Nairaland?surprised.

You mean you see nothing wrong in this?people digging up buried rot to eat?wetin.

where in the post was it said the meat was rotten? Even the custom officers diverted one trailer of the meat for themselves to share,so tell me who's fooling who?
I see nothing wrong with it. Period!!

wisdomguy4u:
Hunger bad

Bros my HungerBAD no reach to dig dead Carcasses. I be Vulture?

Niger Delta & Biafra Republic in action

Beremx:
where in the post was it said the meat was rotten? Even the custom officers diverted one trailer of the meat for themselves to share,so tell me who's fooling who?
I see nothing wrong with it. Period!!

Other than sickness and possibly early death. No nothing wrong with it.

When will this customs people buy sense for themselves..there are IDP camps in the north without food and they are here throwing away tonnes of frozen food all because it's contraband...useless mofos...

That is what poverty has reduced people to be.

mayorkyzo:
When will this customs people buy sense for themselves..there are IDP camps in the north without food and they are here throwing away tonnes of frozen food all because it's contraband...useless mofos...

don't mind them. To show how wicked they are,they diverted a trailer load of the meat for themselves and their families.

Ndi ara!

Lets ask ourselves this serious question , Whose fault is this ? Gov't Policy ? Greedy Importers or Greedy Customs officers

Beremx:
O boy go siddon! Do you know the cost of frozen poultry in the market? Do you know how expensive it is?
A kilo weight of turkey wings which is just 3pieces is sold for 900 as at yesterday I bought it. That means a piece of it is 300naira. Don't you think its expensive?

Mtscheeew! Abeg they should enjoy the poultry meat. Na their luck.

DaBullIT:
Lets ask ourselves this serious question , Whose fault is this ? Gov't Policy ? Greedy Importers or Greedy Customs officers

government policy and greedy customs officers.

Beremx:
government policy and greedy customs officers.

What's the way forward does servicom treat issues like this and how can we clamor for change in bad government policies

Haba

Meanwhile Somewhere in Rivers State at this moment.. ..









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The chicken was tested by Nafdac and not fit for consumption because it was preserved with the chemical they use in enbalming corpse...
The people were told that the chicken could dangerous to their health on the long run but nobody cared to listen. It was even announced on radio.

Despite Being a state with enormous revenue capability yet it's citizenry re hungry..

Is Nigeria cursed

What kind of hunger will make a man go dig up buried meat for consumption.

Those Custom guyz re just plain dull, re there no other means of disposal than going to bury them...

Well I think Boko haram has being armed with a great weapon of killing a whole community, just poison the meats nd bury nd death follows...

Wike sef

Na wa

hopefully no epidemic will breakout from that end.


make God help them sha

Huger bad!

ok