THE VULTURE
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird…
Why did the Police in Adamawa State detain a patient bird?
Why are the taxpayers spending ₦5,000 daily to feed a vulture?
Most lovers of James Hadley Chase novels would have read “The Vulture Is a Patient Bird”. Originally published in 1969, this thriller revolves around a character called Max Kahlenberg, a fabulously wealthy recluse but a compulsive art thief. He operates with a network of miscreants who plan audacious missions to steal the finest artworks from museums around the world.
The stolen artworks and treasures are stored deep underground in a purposely built museum in the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa. Max Kahlenberg is the “Vulture”. His vast estate is surrounded by deep jungle and guarded by Zulu warriors.
Albeit Kahlenberg is disabled and bound to a wheelchair, he is a very powerful man. When a group of three men and a woman – a brilliant but sadistic safe-breaker, an expert young hunter, an ace pilot with a shady past and a beautiful seductress assembled by Armo Shalik to steal the priceless Borgia ring from Max Kahlenberg's closely guarded fortress, he patiently waits like a vulture. Kahlenberg himself stole the ring from a rival art collector.
The three men and woman are unaware that Kahlenberg is awaiting them along with Hindenberg, his pet cheetah and his battalion of Zulu warriors and that they would have to fall prey to a game designed to give him sadistic pleasure thereby turning the gang's expedition into a strictly one-way safari - to slaughter!
The “vulture” in the narrative above is a metaphor. A vulture can wait for days for an injured or sick animal to die. It would keep a safe distance but have a direct view of its prey and would only go to it when a swarm of flies signal the end of life for the animal.
Back to my original question - Why did the Police in Adamawa State detain a patient bird? Why spend ₦5,000 daily to feed a bird?
According to the Daily Sun newspaper…
“The State Commissioner of Police Adamu Audu Madaki confirmed the oddity to the media on Monday. Madaki explained that some members of Maiha local government had reported that a woman was in custody of a certain vulture and lamented that the last time three vultures mysteriously appeared in the community, their ominous presence heralded a vicious Boko Haram attack on the community.
Daily Sun learnt that the community insisted on the eviction of the vulture and the woman from their area and this prompted a police investigation and the subsequent arrest of the vulture and its owner. Both have been transferred to Yola for investigation.
The Commissioner explained that the vulture is in custody and the matter would be investigated. The detained vulture Daily Sun gathered is being fed with ₦5,000 worth of meat daily.
Why did the Police in Adamawa State detain a patient bird?
Why are the taxpayers spending ₦5,000 daily to feed a vulture?
Most lovers of James Hadley Chase novels would have read “The Vulture Is a Patient Bird”. Originally published in 1969, this thriller revolves around a character called Max Kahlenberg, a fabulously wealthy recluse but a compulsive art thief. He operates with a network of miscreants who plan audacious missions to steal the finest artworks from museums around the world.
The stolen artworks and treasures are stored deep underground in a purposely built museum in the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa. Max Kahlenberg is the “Vulture”. His vast estate is surrounded by deep jungle and guarded by Zulu warriors.
Albeit Kahlenberg is disabled and bound to a wheelchair, he is a very powerful man. When a group of three men and a woman – a brilliant but sadistic safe-breaker, an expert young hunter, an ace pilot with a shady past and a beautiful seductress assembled by Armo Shalik to steal the priceless Borgia ring from Max Kahlenberg's closely guarded fortress, he patiently waits like a vulture. Kahlenberg himself stole the ring from a rival art collector.
The three men and woman are unaware that Kahlenberg is awaiting them along with Hindenberg, his pet cheetah and his battalion of Zulu warriors and that they would have to fall prey to a game designed to give him sadistic pleasure thereby turning the gang's expedition into a strictly one-way safari - to slaughter!
The “vulture” in the narrative above is a metaphor. A vulture can wait for days for an injured or sick animal to die. It would keep a safe distance but have a direct view of its prey and would only go to it when a swarm of flies signal the end of life for the animal.
Back to my original question - Why did the Police in Adamawa State detain a patient bird? Why spend ₦5,000 daily to feed a bird?
According to the Daily Sun newspaper…
“The State Commissioner of Police Adamu Audu Madaki confirmed the oddity to the media on Monday. Madaki explained that some members of Maiha local government had reported that a woman was in custody of a certain vulture and lamented that the last time three vultures mysteriously appeared in the community, their ominous presence heralded a vicious Boko Haram attack on the community.
Daily Sun learnt that the community insisted on the eviction of the vulture and the woman from their area and this prompted a police investigation and the subsequent arrest of the vulture and its owner. Both have been transferred to Yola for investigation.
The Commissioner explained that the vulture is in custody and the matter would be investigated. The detained vulture Daily Sun gathered is being fed with ₦5,000 worth of meat daily.
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