A wildlife expert in Nigeria, Prof Edem Eniang has confirmed that Nigerian women consume more dog meat than their male counterparts because they(women) believe the delicacy helps in making their skin smooth and subtle.
Penpushing reports that Eniang explained that he came about the information and record when he attended a lecture presented by a Zoologist and an erudite Nigerian Professor, Professor Richard King
‘I attended a lecture presented by an erudite Nigerian professor, Professor Richard King (a zoologist), and that is what I learnt from his lecture So, Nigerian women cherish dog meat much more than men nowadays. Every woman wants a smooth skin”,Eniang stated
Penpushing further reports that Eniang said he witnessed sometime ago at Ukpenekang, Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State), where a man was arrested by police and handcuffed because he was roasting dogs
‘I witnessed three days ago at Ukpenekang, Ibeno Local Government Area (of Akwa Ibom State), where a man was arrested by police and handcuffed on a Sunday morning. Why? He stole his own brother’s dog and killed it. While they were roasting the dog, an informant told the brother about it. The brother went to the police, and the police came and handcuffed him’, Eniang said.
‘That same Sunday, around 10 a.m., as I left Ibeno, I went to Oron beach. At that (Oron) museum, I saw some puppies. They were so small, but beautiful. I was afraid of going near them because I feared that their mother was somewhere watching’, she added.
‘But a little boy of about 11 years came to me and said that they don’t have a mother. I said, ‘What happened?’ He said two days after the puppies were delivered, somebody stole their mother, and went and killed it for consumption. The puppies were six, two have died. I saw four. I was able to photograph two of them’, he added
Penpushing also reports that Eniang identified three states known to consume dogs which he said include Akwa-Ibom, Plateau and Enugu, stressing that dog meat consumption has reached a phenomenal level in Nigeria
“I am trying to emphasise the point that dog meat consumption has reached a phenomenal level in Nigeria. ‘Akwa Ibom not biggest consumer of dog meat. If they want to rank, based on my experience and research, the highest dog-eating area is Nike in Enugu State. If you go to Nike market, they have a dog meat section, very huge, and consumers even sit there and eat while others buy and go home. It goes very well with palm wine,” he said.
‘Then the next place will be Plateau State. They consume dog, it got to a stage where the past governor of the state banned the consumption of alcohol in the morning because people were combining it with dog meat, they’ll leave office in the morning to go eat dog meat. There, you can see dog meat roasted like Suya and sold in the streets. If you are not aware, you’ll end up eating it. The third place will now be Akwa Ibom, so to say’, he added
Penpushing reports that in what look like corroborating the wildlife professor of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, a female student at the communication arts department of the institution, Eunice Ukeme said she has a female friend in Uyo who usually stores dog meat in a freezer at home, and would use it to prepare pepper soup whenever she feels like.
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