Hassan Ebere

By Hamza Suleiman

A 33-year-old suspect, Hassan Ebere, has revealed how he sold 6,000 dead poultry to residents of Maiduguri for five years so as to raise money for his livelihood since he lost his father.

Ebere made the revelation while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), after being paraded by the Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), on Wednesday.

“I usually go to the Ngadabul river, behind Borno Radio Television (BRTV) complex, to pick the carcasses of poultry that are thrown away from poultry farms.

“So every week, I pick at least ten or even more than that, then process it and take it to sell to unsuspecting customers.

“My market base are usually Baga fish market, where I sell some of them as bush meat, Monday market, suya joints and some selected restaurants within the metropolis.

“The products usually go for N700, N800. But if it had spent some days, I take them to local beer parlours at the back of Ngomari ward and sell them for N250,” he said.

Ebere said he was pushed by the devil to engage in such nefarious activities, and begged for forgiveness.

Speaking, the Borno Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim, said that the suspect was arrested, while processing the meat behind BRTV complex on Jan. 2, 2021.

Ibrahim said that the command got intelligence reports about the nefarious acts before swinging into action to apprehend him, adding that the arrest of the suspect had stopped what had been a serious health hazard to the people.

He called on the Ministry of Environment and the the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), to fight the circulation of such unwholesome products, in order to ensure the safety and health of the people.

On his part, State Coordinator of NAFDAC, Mr Nasiru Mato, said the implication of such an act was in the threat it posed to public safety.

“The carcass of the poultry from the farm must have died from one or two infectious diseases which could easily be transmitted to humans.

“So it can be very disastrous and dangerous to consumers. There are severe penalties on any one found engaging in this type of unwholesome activity.

“We, therefore, urge the general public to make sure, when buying live chicken, they should either slaughter them by themselves or are slaughtered in their presence. They must also make sure that the chicken are certified by a registered vet to ensure public safety”, he said.

NextD18:
Most people who are very lazy to process meats themselves have eaten vultures in the hands of these meat sellers unknowingly.

CalliDora1:
Jesus!

Thank God, I hardly eat chicken.

Mariangeles:
It's about time I fully become a vegetarian.

if I hear ....Purchase you chicken and kill it yourself so you don't need to worry about such or purchase frozen livestock from a trusted vendor.

Happy New year btw, been a while.

Tapout:


if I hear ....Purchase you chicken and kill it yourself so you don't need to worry about such or purchase frozen livestock from a trusted vendor.

Happy New year btw, been a while.

I usually go to the Ngadabul river, behind Borno Radio Television (BRTV) complex, to pick the carcasses of poultry that are thrown away from poultry farms.

“So every week, I pick at least ten or even more than that, then process it and take it to sell to unsuspecting customers.

“My market base are usually Baga fish market, where I sell some of them as bush meat, Monday market, suya joints and some selected restaurants within the metropolis.

“The products usually go for N700, N800. But if it had spent some days, I take them to local beer parlours at the back of Ngomari ward and sell them for N250,” he said.

Tyrant28:
Yeebow man again. Wicked things

sonsomegrigbo:
Chaii Hausa will always be a hausa...
ESPECIALLY the figurehead that is ruling us

GayPontiff:
What is even wrong with all these aboki them?

Nanaborga:
Oluwa save our soul , back in the days when traveling we use to patronize people that sell pepper chicken and snail on the highway , we don chop plenty nonsense but na GOD dey save us , funny enough these meat dey cheap wella , you go see some of them dey sell big pepper chicken lap for 200naira , you go even see like 6 pepper snail for 100 naira , na cheap things dey kill many of us for this country , we too like cheapee. Nafdac and SON should deploy their agents to those local market , highways and every environ where these unhealthy foods are been sold , we don too chop yamayama for this country