Pieter1 Posted August 20, 2012 Posted August 20, 2012 Nigeria police hold 'robber' goat http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45406000/jpg/_45406867_goat.jpg Many Nigerians believe that magicians can turn themselves into goats 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."IncompetentThe BBC's Andrew Walker in Abuja says communities often rely on ill-educated and badly prepared vigilante squads to fill the gaps where the police will not patrol at night.Innocent Chukwuma of the justice reform group the Cleen Foundation, told the BBC that many Nigerian police officers were poorly educated."There are officers who don't even have a secondary school education, and the police have a big job to do in finding these people and getting rid of them."He said in the past political leaders had allowed the police to be filled with incompetent and in some cases criminal officers so they could be easily bought to protect their own criminal activities.Police have also been unable to stop vigilante squads from lynching suspects before they could investigate, he said. Found at:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7846822.stm
BikeBailing Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 I thought u were starting a post about this: http://lp1.pinkbike.org/p5pb8474250/p5pb8474250.jpg I prefer my scapegoat.
Pieter1 Posted August 21, 2012 Author Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) I thought u were starting a post about this: http://lp1.pinkbike.org/p5pb8474250/p5pb8474250.jpg I prefer my scapegoat.It is very nice! I'm sure they can both go the same places.Edit: By places I mean like up and down mountains not tied to trees. Edited August 21, 2012 by Pieter1
DJR Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) "But of course goats can't commit crime." I'm not conviced, my limited experience with goats are that they are the naughtiest blighters under the sun. They will get out of any enclosure you make for them and they will especially get into your flower and herb garden, no matter what you do to try and keep them out. I think they can at least commit breaking and entering as well as malicious damage to property. Edited August 21, 2012 by DJR
Pieter1 Posted August 21, 2012 Author Posted August 21, 2012 I'm not conviced, my limited experience with goats are that they are the naughtiest blighters under the sun. They will get out of any enclosure you make for them and they will especially get into your flower and herb garden, no matter what you do to try and keep them out. I think they can at least commit breaking and entering as well as malicious damage to property. DudeI have seen these things in trees and on roofs. I think its dangerous to underestimate a goat.
DJR Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 ........... I think its dangerous to underestimate a goat.Agreed, and I'm even starting to think that those Nigerians had a point about their problem goat.
Pieter1 Posted August 21, 2012 Author Posted August 21, 2012 The Scape goat then got his sentencing...... Fookit Sean!!! I puked over my phone! The goat was imPOUNDED.
ChUkKy Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 Fookit Sean!!! I puked over my phone! The goat was imPOUNDED. HEY!!!!!FFS... That was Halle Berry when I attached it, blimmin witchcraft here I tell you
Pieter1 Posted August 21, 2012 Author Posted August 21, 2012 HEY!!!!!FFS... That was Halle Berry when I attached it, blimmin witchcraft here I tell you In that case I think the goat did us a favour!
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