₦airaland Forum

Believeintruth:
Until you get arrested with these allegations your eye will clear. It is obvious that you are hate filled and envious of igbos. Mynd44, Obinoscopy, i think it is hightime you sanitise this forum and get rid of tribal bigots like this guy.

chiagozien:
You mean Britain will come help you fight Igbos again


And also all other Nigerians tribes will join you because you cowards are nothing

Factcheck0001:
the same people who want to poison everyone is now talking of hate n evil

Kdon2:
Adekunle Benjamin is the nemesis of ojukwu and his people.

Antivirus92:
we are talking about hate and evil from the same people who want to unalive all Igbo kids everywhere in the world

Factcheck0001:
any video evidence to buttress that up?

Antivirus92:
so you have been blind all these while

Factcheck0001:
bring it out n forget story

At least we all saw that of amaka, if u have any other video bring it out

Antivirus92:
puo n'uzo kam fu uzo. Go to all the counter threads on Nairaland, the videos are there

Ojiofor:
For asking simple question to those who have evil intention towards the Igbo ethnic group?
Since they said the threat have become real they should tell how many of them that have died from poisoning.

Obiedun:
Don't have heart of wickedness towards anyone

chiagozien:
So why did Yorubas lost kwara to fulanis even with adekunle?

chiagozien:
So why did Yorubas lost kwara to fulanis even with adekunle?

MossadAgent:
Is that what snipers was designed for ?

Difrent:
Abeg tell us wetin pesticide dey designed for if not to kill pests?

MossadAgent:
Are you for real ?

You guys have totally lost it .

Must you defend the indefensible all because of tribalism ?

You accuse others of tribalism while you fully embrace the most depraved and shameless form of tribalism.

Seek help.

When has snipper or any other insecticide ever been declared as a safe form of food preservertive ?

You guys need to all commit yourselves to the nearest mental asylum.

Difrent:
Guy you are just paranoid for nothing, what's tribalism in telling you about things that have been proven

Allowing emotions over reason, you are rather the tribalist here for quickly reading tribal meaning to an opinion that's against yours

naptu2:
Packaging and presentation

The African Service of the BBC World Service Radio had a programme in which listeners could send in any question and the BBC would find an expert to answer it.

Someone sent in an interesting health question in the mid-1990s. He said that his relative was ill and was taken to a traditional healer. The traditional healer gave the relative goat's blood to drink and the relative became better. So this person wanted to know how this was possible.

The BBC got a medical doctor to answer the question and the doctor said that it's possible that the relative was anemic and that's why drinking goat's blood made him better, although that's not a remedy that he would recommend (the doctor sounded disgusted when he said that it was not a remedy that he would recommend).

That question and answer made me think about remedies, packaging and presentation. I had 3 ideas, but I can only remember 2 of them right now.


You see, traditional African societies developed ways of solving problems, but quite often these methods were often unpleasant. People that were afflicted with problems were often made to use the solutions through coercion. They were often frightened and given no other choice but to use the solution despite the fact that it was unpleasant.

American society also developed solutions that worked, but due to competition, customer satisfaction is usually very important. Therefore, the product is constantly being refined to make it more pleasant and attractive to the consumer. Instead of drinking goat's blood, the active ingredients are isolated, refined and presented in a way that is pleasant to the consumer (in terms of sight, taste, etc).

This made me think of a lot of things. I can't remember all of them, but for example, why do consumers have to pick beans? Why is beans sold with stalks, stones, corn and even weevils in it? What the consumer wants is beans, not the aforementioned items, so why can't he buy pre-processed beans that has no stalks, stones, corn and weevils in it?


Killer beans

Since the 1990s there have been regular rounds of rumours about killer beans in Nigeria in general and Lagos in particular. I remember what happened sometime between 1996 and 1998. Rumours spread that there was killer beans in Lagos, but the state government said that it had investigated the claim and there was no truth to it. Still the rumours persisted.

The Lagos State Governor, Colonel Mohammed Buba Marwa, who was out on official duty, stopped to buy akara from a roadside seller and he ate it in public. That was to show that it was safe to eat beans in Lagos.

Still we've continued to have these regular rumours about killer beans.

Politics

A political dimension was added to these rumours in the 2010s. Viral messages were often circulated before any election. The messages claimed that northerners had poisoned foodstuff that was bound for the south and that southerners should not eat any food from the north. Obviously the people that spread these messages were lunatics.

The real story revealed

As often happens with governments in Nigeria, the Goodluck Jonathan administration was trying to diversify Nigeria's economy by encouraging the export of agricultural products. The government did its best, but some people unwittingly caused problems.

There was a report that a consignment of Nigerian beans was rejected in Europe. This was sometime around 2013 or 2014. Why was it rejected? It was discovered that the beans contained a high number of weevils, so quarantine officials blocked it at the ports (in Europe) and the beans was returned to Nigeria.

Many people forgot about that report, but I remembered it and that's why I understood what happened next.

Around a year or two later there was another report that Nigerian beans was rejected in Europe. The reason was different this time. It was rejected because authorities discovered that there was a high level of a chemical called dichlorvos in the beans. What's the source of the chemical?

Remember that the previous consignment was rejected because it had a high number of weevils? Well, dichlorvos is found in the pesticide called Sniper. It appeared to me that the sellers added Sniper to the beans in order to kill the weevils!

Dried Nigerian beans was banned in the European Union in 2015 because, since 2013, they had discovered many shipments of beans with high levels of dichlorvos in them.

Government officials complained that the exporters did not go through them before exporting the beans. They said that the problem would have been avoided if the exporters had gone through them. The then director general of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) made a statement that annoyed me. He said that exporters should consult SON before exporting their goods. He said that SON had the ability to test the goods and ensure that they conformed to all necessary standards. His statement annoyed me because I wondered if he did not think that the lives of Nigerians in Nigeria were important. Did he plan to only test beans that was to be exported??

Anyway, after the beans was rejected, Nigerian journalists conducted investigations and discovered that many beans sellers spray toxic pesticides like Sniper and Baygon on their products in order to kill weevils. They wrote about the health problems associated with such practices (including the danger of cancer). NAFDAC also went into the market to test beans and confiscate those that had high levels of banned chemicals.

I remember that someone said that there's nothing wrong with adding these chemicals to beans and that it was also done in Europe. The person said that the problem was in the levels/amount of the chemicals that was added to the beans.

Solution

However, I do not agree with something that the guy wrote in his thread. The guy wrote that you should only buy beans that has weevils in it, because that is evidence that the beans is safe to eat.

The fact that a portion of beans has no weevils in it does not mean that it is not safe to eat. There are safe ways of removing weevils from beans. A student at the University of Ibadan conducted research and discovered that lemongrass can be used to safely remove weevils from beans without harming humans. The lemongrass not only kills the weevils, it also kills their eggs, but it is safe for human consumption. That is the only thread that I was able to find out of the four threads that I was searching for.

UI Student Develops Lemongrass-based Insecticides Against Beans Weevils
https://www.nairaland.com/5191348/ui-student-develops-lemongrass-based-insecticides

Ojiofor:
Give that advice to yourself.

Factcheck0001:
Poison Saga: Lagos Police Arrest Suspect Selling Poisonous Beans
thelagosianmagazine.com.ngAug 31, 2024 7:29 PM

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspect, identified as Faith Ogbonna from. Ebonyi State, for allegedly selling beans laced with a harmful substance, Sniper, to unsuspecting buyers.

According to reports, Ogbonna was apprehended after a tip-off, and a video confession has been released by a reputable media house.

The police are investigating the motive behind Ogbonna’s actions, which have sparked concerns about food safety and public health.

While some social media users have linked the incident to recent ethnic tensions and online calls for harm, the police have not confirmed any direct connection.


The case is ongoing, and authorities urge citizens to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activities.

Below is the video of the suspect during interrogation.
Follow link to watch video
https://thelagosianmagazine.com.ng/poison-saga-lagos-police-arrest-suspect-selling-poisonous-beans/

News online

This thing is gradually becoming real, let's see the defense line our brothers will put through now.

At least there's a video n a face to buttress the evidence

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Helinues
Madridguy
Throwback
Kobojunkiee
Mrvitalis
FourQu
Ejiofor
OfoIgbo
Vanbonattel
Mbanda
RichBoy247
Crushobituaries
MossadAgent
Burob
Kdon2
Enemyofpeace
Bobloco
Paraman
Bendeco2
Chiagozien please who threatened this one?
Brendaniel

Factcheck0001:
the man has already been arrested so leave story

helinues:
Still nada to say.

No freaks about those who you knew much about their behaviors