Naija people dey eat vulture! Yack! Yack!! Yack!!!

FSU · Aug 31, 2009 , 07:47 PM

Man Sells Vulture As Roasted Chicken
August 31, 2009 14:31 (4 hours ago), 529 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.

Lalakokofefe · Aug 31, 2009 , 07:53 PM

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.

Why was he arrested? What was the crime?

lateesha · Aug 31, 2009 , 07:57 PM

Dog meat is better than vulture I suppose.

Tufiakwa!
Vulture as chicken?
Ojigbijigbi
No wonder daddy flogged us silly for buying buns and kpof kpof from roadside hawkers.
There was a case in Imo in the 80's where a man was killed and his roasted meat was sold to meat lovers as roasted beef.
Eat mamaput and restaurant food at your own risk.

lateesha · Aug 31, 2009 , 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by Lalakokofefe

Why was he arrested? What was the crime?

Acquiring vultures for the purpose of selling them to be used in place of chicken to be consumed by unsuspecting customers.

If you run an isi ewu joint using dog meat, passing it off as goat meat,shouldn't your suppliers and you be held accountable?

Bunch17 · Aug 31, 2009 , 08:09 PM

Yuck! Yuck!
I am off chicken for ever!

Lalakokofefe · Aug 31, 2009 , 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by lateesha

Acquiring vultures for the purpose of selling them to be used in place of chicken to be consumed by unsuspecting customers.

And that is under what section in the penal code?

lateesha · Aug 31, 2009 , 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by Lalakokofefe

And that is under what section in the penal code?

In the section where misrepresentation, deception ,"obtaining by trick" should be
check somewhere near 419

liloldlady · Aug 31, 2009 , 08:28 PM

wayrow ma peepul wayrow.
Dis passing Udele (vulture) off, as chicken, is urban legend.
it has been making the rounds since I was a kid (donkey years)

Now, how easy is it to catch one vulture, let alone, Ghana 'mus' go bagfuls of the blighters.

edited to add...I meant bagfuls not backfuls...sorry.

liloldlady · Aug 31, 2009 , 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by Bunch17

Yuck! Yuck!
I am off chicken for ever!

Something tells me you never liked chicken to begin with

Bunch17 · Aug 31, 2009 , 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by liloldlady

wayrow ma peepul wayrow.
Dis passing Udele (vulture) off, as chicken, is urban legend.
it has been making the rounds since I was a kid (donkey years)

Now, how easy is it to catch one vuluture, let alone, Ghana 'mus' go backfuls of the blighters.

Good Question!

FSU · Aug 31, 2009 , 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by lateesha

In the section where misrepresentation, deception ,"obtaining by trick" should be
check somewhere near 419

Nne you 2 mush. I beg where 419 day? Worth getting close to

FSU · Aug 31, 2009 , 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by liloldlady

wayrow ma peepul wayrow.
Dis passing Udele (vulture) off, as chicken, is urban legend.
it has been making the rounds since I was a kid (donkey years)

Now, how easy is it to catch one vulture, let alone, Ghana 'mus' go bagfuls of the blighters.

edited to add...I meant bagfuls not backfuls...sorry.

You know you can goad them with stimulated food. They eat, get overly docile and pronto, you have them as you like. You know say vulture too get long throat

liloldlady · Aug 31, 2009 , 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by FSU

You know you can goad them with stimulated food. They eat, get overly docile and pronto, you have them as you like. You know say vulture too get long throat

Bros whish wan be dat wan, no vex.....

lateesha · Aug 31, 2009 , 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by liloldlady

wayrow ma peepul wayrow.
Dis passing Udele (vulture) off, as chicken, is urban legend.
it has been making the rounds since I was a kid (donkey years)

Now, how easy is it to catch one vulture, let alone, Ghana 'mus' go bagfuls of the blighters.edited to add...I meant bagfuls not backfuls...sorry.

Very easy.
Have you seen vultures eating dead meat by the roadside,they hardly comot for vehicles,they wait until you're real close and they just hop off to the side.
Secondly they descend in large packs.
A good and talented fisherman from Oron or Abonnema will make a good vulture catcher.

All he needs to do is come a little closer while they are feasting and cast his net.
he will end up with a GMG (ghana must go ) bagful for those restaurants in Umunede and Ore junction.

FSU · Aug 31, 2009 , 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by liloldlady

Bros whish wan be dat wan, no vex.....

You be JJC abi MMC? just put small tusa-tusa for the wild birds and they will be weakened when they feed therefrom. Then you just gram e'm (when no one is looking) and pronto, chicken is ready

area boy · Sep 1, 2009 , 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by FSU

You be JJC abi MMC? just put small tusa-tusa for the wild birds and they will be weakened when they feed therefrom. Then you just gram e'm (when no one is looking) and pronto, chicken is ready

FSU, your real name be Damian the 'chicken' specialist? make you talk true o, abeg

Fjord · Sep 1, 2009 , 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by lateesha

Acquiring vultures for the purpose of selling them to be used in place of chicken to be consumed by unsuspecting customers.

If you run an isi ewu joint using dog meat, passing it off as goat meat,shouldn't your suppliers and you be held accountable?

Your suppliers, may be not.

But the Isi-Ewu joint owner, yes o!

What self-respecting pepper soup joint owner would do that?

And,

what responsible Isi-Ewu consumer would mistake 404 for goat meat???

DeepThought · Sep 2, 2009 , 03:49 AM

.. and where/what is the problem?

O.K, maybe it didn't taste like chicken

wizard · Sep 8, 2009 , 06:01 PM

How can anybody take this funny story seriously.. I guess the "chicken" leg was not sold as it's size would not be too large to scare even the greediest customer away!!

Wz

Iye · Sep 8, 2009 , 06:29 PM

Come to think of it, vulture meat na meat …and the guy was in business for a while that means it taste like chicken!! The only thing weh pain me be say..he did not label it as vulture. If he did..I promise, there will be people buying it out of curiosity or other wise ( well maybe secretly sha)