Nigerian Police Hold Goat Accused Of Robbery

Police in Nigeria are holding a goat handed to them by a vigilante group, which said it was a car thief who had used witchcraft to change shape.
A police spokesman in Kwara State has been quoted as saying that the “armed robbery suspect” would remain in custody until investigations were over.
But another police spokesman told the BBC the goat was being held in case its owner claimed it.
The belief in witchcraft and the power to change shapes is common in Nigeria.
Police reform activists have condemned the “arrest”, saying it highlights the low education levels of many Nigerian police officers.
Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper has a picture of the goat and reports that police paraded it in front of journalists in the Kwara state capital Ilorin on Thursday.
But this was denied by national police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu.
“The vigilante group arrested the goat and took it to the police, then they told the media.”
The next morning journalists turned up demanding to see the goat, he said.
“But of course goats can’t commit crime.”
Source: BBC News

10 COMMENTS

  1. Mmmm,Nigerian police no get work,i mean dis is rediculous how can a goat be arrestd 4commiting a crime,even if the goat is believe 2av being sumkind of human who possible with the aid of witchcraft transform in2 a goat du u thnk dia is any possibility of returning 2its normal self while stil in custody….mmmm i dn’t thnk so,Nigerian police dis shuld be well investigated plz.

  2. This is capital rubbish.it is not worth hearing d@ a goat is alleged of commiting robbery.it apparently divulges the degree of nigerian police illitracy.it is high time 9ja govt rose to establish a competent decisive police force d@ will protect its integrity.

  3. Trusting nigeria police is ‘an escape to no where’. Illiteracy Just like a kanka-worn, has eaten deep into them. D Nigeria government should increase the educational criteria to boost literacy. I believe there is still hope.