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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri May 15, 2015, 07:42 PM May 2015

Nigerian Restaurant Shut Down for Serving Human Flesh

Not The Onion!!

http://www.eater.com/2015/5/15/8613497/nigerian-restaurant-shut-down-for-serving-human-flesh

A hotel restaurant in Anambra, Nigeria has been shuttered by authorities for serving human flesh. According to the BBC, suspicious residents told police of rumors that the restaurant was cooking human meat for customers. Police then raided the restaurant, where they discovered fresh human heads that were still bleeding. The blood was in the process of being drained into a plastic bag.

In addition to the illegal meat, authorities discovered automatic weapons, grenades, and cell phones. Ten people were arrested in conjunction with the crimes. One resident said, "Every time I went to the market, I observed strange activities going on in the hotel. People who were never cleanly dressed and who looked a bit strange made their way in and out of the hotel, making me very suspicious of their activities. I am not surprised at the shocking revelation."

A priest who ate at the restaurant was surprised when presented with a bill of 700 Naira, or roughly $3.50 (Tens of millions of people in Nigeria subsist on less than $1 a day). "The attendant noticed my reaction and told me it was the small piece of meat I had eaten that made the bill scale that high," he said. "I did not know I had been served with human meat, and that it was that expensive."

Last year, Australian chef Marcus Volke murdered and cooked his girlfriend before killing himself. In Brazil, also last year, a man and two women were arrested for murdering potential nannies and then cooking their flesh into empanadas.


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Nigerian Restaurant Shut Down for Serving Human Flesh (Original Post) KamaAina May 2015 OP
The secrets in the sauce. GeorgeGist May 2015 #1
My first thought! alphafemale May 2015 #26
I was thinking about making something for supper. In_The_Wind May 2015 #2
Start early so you can get ahead pinboy3niner May 2015 #7
Maybe a wing. In_The_Wind May 2015 #13
I'd give you a hand but aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #33
It could happen anywhere seveneyes May 2015 #3
I wonder if the two Brazillians ever heard of Sweeney Todd - LiberalElite May 2015 #4
The Idi Amin cafe! Adsos Letter May 2015 #5
Wrong side of the continent, silly. KamaAina May 2015 #28
"Illegal meat"? pinboy3niner May 2015 #6
At least it was fresh. rug May 2015 #8
Au contraire. Actually, some of the entrees were very polite. pinboy3niner May 2015 #9
Always willing to lend a hand. rug May 2015 #10
You have a good head on your shoulders pinboy3niner May 2015 #11
I have a bone to pick with this. rug May 2015 #25
You people don't have a leg to stand on. KamaAina May 2015 #32
P.S. The hors-d'oeuvres will be Lady Fingers, of course. nt pinboy3niner May 2015 #12
But of course! It came from here: LiberalEsto May 2015 #31
In this case, I'm all for the cops grilling the perps pinboy3niner May 2015 #14
Brings to mind a truly great Hitchcock episode CrawlingChaos May 2015 #15
To serve mankind... MrMickeysMom May 2015 #16
I love it! Joe Shlabotnik May 2015 #17
Where on earth did you go? panader0 May 2015 #18
Interesting, but are they as good as Olive Garden? edbermac May 2015 #19
-- NJCher May 2015 #24
I visited there and got takeout pinboy3niner May 2015 #20
*clap clap clap!* WinkyDink May 2015 #23
At his trial in the Central African Republic aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #21
"Oh, no! Not Meatloaf AGAIN?!" WinkyDink May 2015 #22
1 order of the special stuff please Bosonic May 2015 #27
Was this dapper gent somewhere in the vicinity? hifiguy May 2015 #29
Apparently debunked but lead to a link treestar May 2015 #30
Damn. I loved their kidneys. tavernier May 2015 #34
With some fava beans and a nice chianti? Initech May 2015 #36
Is this how the zombie apocalypse starts? Initech May 2015 #35
According to the Aztecs, the best thing the Spaniards ever imported from the old was pork Xipe Totec May 2015 #37

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
13. Maybe a wing.
Fri May 15, 2015, 09:17 PM
May 2015


A little head might be too much for me tonight. I don't know why I'm not in the mood for anything more.


 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
3. It could happen anywhere
Fri May 15, 2015, 08:09 PM
May 2015

It's also possible Nigeria is a bit more lawless hence the rising to the dermis.

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
5. The Idi Amin cafe!
Fri May 15, 2015, 08:49 PM
May 2015

For those old enough to remember "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular" as well as the self-described "uncrowned King of Scotland."

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
11. You have a good head on your shoulders
Fri May 15, 2015, 09:06 PM
May 2015

Why don't you come over to my place for dinner? I have some fava beans and a nice Chianti...

CrawlingChaos

(1,893 posts)
15. Brings to mind a truly great Hitchcock episode
Fri May 15, 2015, 09:51 PM
May 2015

"The Specialty of the House"



Never let them take you in the kitchen to meet the chef.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
21. At his trial in the Central African Republic
Sat May 16, 2015, 12:29 AM
May 2015

former bloody dictator Jean Bedel Bokassa was accused of having some of his political rivals murdered and their flesh served for dinner. There were rumors that he'd served up human flesh at state dinners to visiting heads of state without their knowledge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-B%C3%A9del_Bokassa

"...Bokassa's former security chief of the palace was called to testify that he had cooked human flesh stored in the walk-in freezers and served it to Bokassa on an occasional basis. The prosecution did not examine the rumours that Bokassa had served the flesh of his victims to French President Giscard d'Estaing and other visiting dignitaries. ..."

tavernier

(12,407 posts)
34. Damn. I loved their kidneys.
Sat May 16, 2015, 08:51 PM
May 2015

Just about the time word of mouth starts to spread, someone gets jealous.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
37. According to the Aztecs, the best thing the Spaniards ever imported from the old was pork
Sat May 16, 2015, 09:33 PM
May 2015

Because it tasted "just like human flesh".

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