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Newspaper Claims Suspect Transformed Into a Goat

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:19 pm
by eju
This article is for you Goat Lee...be extra cautious if you notice any 'new' goats hanging around the trip.

:o
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_ ... goat_thief

Newspaper claims suspect transformed into a goat

Fri Jan 23, 6:07 pm ET

LAGOS, Nigeria – One of Nigeria's biggest daily newspapers reported that police implicated a goat in an attempted automobile theft. In a front-page article on Friday, the Vanguard newspaper said that two men tried to steal a Mazda car two days earlier in Kwara State, with one suspect transforming himself into a goat as vigilantes cornered him.

The paper quoted police spokesman Tunde Mohammed as saying that while one suspect escaped, the other transformed into a goat as he was about to be apprehended.

The newspaper reported that police paraded the goat before journalists, and published a picture of the animal.

Police in the state couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

Belief in black magic is widespread in Nigeria, particularly in far-flung rural areas.