A man was caught in Yenagoa, by members of the Bayelsa state
Vigilante Network led by Comr. Bunas Samuel Michael, for allegedly cooking &
preparing vultures & selling them as chicken meat to the general public.
The man was apprehended at the popular slaughter place, at Tombia Market, Etegwe Yenagoa
The man was apprehended when field commanders of the
Vigilante network led by Godwin
Avidi
According to Godwin , the patrol
team observed suspicious movement at the slaughter place, & trailed it.
” To our greatest imagination, we saw about thirty dead
vultures, all prepared to be placed inside a hot pot of boiling water, we
called the attention of the police & handed the suspect over to them,
before then, he confessed to us, that, he uses dead meat bones to attract the
vultures & then uses chemicals to kill them, & he has been in this
business for years, selling them to market women & chicken traders at Major
markets & chicken sales point in the state”, Godwin said.
It was gathered, that the suspect is currently in the police
net, & the police have already taken photos of the exhibits, which will be
availed to the public soon.
Similarly, three women, who identified themselves as Doris , fine girl, & beauty, hails from Ughelli
community, in Delta state, were also apprehended by the Vigilante network at
the Tombia market a day after.
They confessed selling Vulture meat & carcasses of
donkeys to unsuspecting buyers.
The women confessed that, they import these meats from neighboring
states into the state & sell at cheap & affordable price to buyers,
mostly those who own restaurants, bars & canteens.
Speaking with the Yenagoa coordinator of the Vigilante
Network, Bunas Samuel, he advised all Bayelsans to be on alert & be careful
on what they consume, he called on NAFDAC to live up to its responsibility &
checkmate the activities of food hawkers.
Bunas also called for calm & promised that the Vigilante
will fish out every form of evil in any guise operating in the state.
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