Enugu State Police Command
says it has commenced investigations into an incident that took place in a
community in the state where two persons escaped lynching for allegedly killing
vultures. The two victims, identified as Wale Alabi from Ibadan, Oyo State
and Polycarp Onyia from Udi in Enugu, were said to have narrowly escaped death
from the angry mob in Nkerefi, Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state
for allegedly poisoning and killing 23 vultures.
The vultures were believed to be living in the Eke Market
ancestral shrine in Nkerefi where the two intruders allegedly went and poisoned
23 of them, incurring the wrath of the community.
says it has commenced investigations into an incident that took place in a
community in the state where two persons escaped lynching for allegedly killing
vultures. The two victims, identified as Wale Alabi from Ibadan, Oyo State
and Polycarp Onyia from Udi in Enugu, were said to have narrowly escaped death
from the angry mob in Nkerefi, Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state
for allegedly poisoning and killing 23 vultures.
The vultures were believed to be living in the Eke Market
ancestral shrine in Nkerefi where the two intruders allegedly went and poisoned
23 of them, incurring the wrath of the community.
According to the Enugu State Command Police Public Relations
Officer (PPRO), Ebere Amaraizu, the two men had gone to Ohuani Nkerefi
community where they allegedly poisoned the vultures as they perched on the
ancestral tree located inside the village shrine.
Officer (PPRO), Ebere Amaraizu, the two men had gone to Ohuani Nkerefi
community where they allegedly poisoned the vultures as they perched on the
ancestral tree located inside the village shrine.
Consequently, the vultures started dying in their numbers while
the men kept packing them inside their sacks until the villagers noticed what
was happening and started querying them.
the men kept packing them inside their sacks until the villagers noticed what
was happening and started querying them.
The villagers, it was gathered, were angry that their ancestral
shrine was being desecrated and were in the mood to mob the victims before the
police were alerted and their prompt intervention saved the situation.
shrine was being desecrated and were in the mood to mob the victims before the
police were alerted and their prompt intervention saved the situation.
