Jungle Justice for Woman-Cat in PH: Nigerian Police goes superstitious

This is yet another instance of jungle justice. If we can lend any credibility to this report which I think it merits, considering the source (Nigerian Tribune), then such fight against terror which the western world is finding difficult to “win” would have been a very easy win.

I say to people that it is only in places like Britain and the US that people would have debates upon debates as to how long a terror suspect should be held for and what should be their lot upon conviction.

While I would personally not condone evil, I think whoever inflicted the (cutlass) injury on this woman’s face is far from humane. I would recommend the maximum possible punishment for any offender who is convicted under the law. In the case of Miss/Mrs Cat, there is absolutely no proof whatsoever that she committed any crime and I condemn this inhuman act which has become order of the day and Nigerians no longer think anything of it to take law into their own hands. Were this event to occur in a more civilised society, I can assure you that the Okada rider would be under police interrogations and possibly investigations by now. He may possibly go to jail if convicted of dangerous driving (Or is it riding in this case?) and for hitting a “cat” in the process. It is that serious. It is a serious offence to kill an animal in the western world, probably more serious than to kill a human being.

If what Nigerian Tribune’s source said about Miss Cat and her confession about their mission in PH is true, then I congratulate the “pastor” in question. Definitely, the scripture concerning him was fulfilled. “Touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm”. The humour in the entire story is that even the police have unconsciously convicted this woman before trial and are wary that she actually has the capacity to "disappear!" That I find preposterous.

Read the full story below;

Cat turns into woman in P/Harcourt
Bolaji Ogundele (Nigerian Tribune correspondent), Port Harcourt - 22.05.2008

WHAT could be described as a fairy tale turned real on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as a cat allegedly turned into a middle-aged woman after being hit by a commercial motorcycle (Okada) on Aba/Port Harcourt Expressway.
Nigerian Tribune learnt that three cats were crossing the busy road when the okada ran over one of them which immediately turned into a woman. This strange occurrence quickly attracted people around who descended on the animals. One of them, it was learnt, was able to escape while the third one was beaten to death, still as a cat though.
According to a source who witnessed what happened, the cat-woman said she and the two other cat-fellows had travelled from Abuja to Port Harcourt to kill three people. "The woman said they came to Port Harcourt from Abuja and that they came to kill three people. She said they had succeeded in killing two people, but the third person, whom I guess might be a pastor, was difficult for them and that they were preparing to go back to Abuja ," said the source.
Another witness, who gave his name as James, said the woman started faking when she saw that many people were gathering around her. "I have never seen anything like this in my life. I saw a woman lying on the road instead of a cat. Blood did not come out of her body at that time. When people gathered and started asking her questions, she pretended that she did not know what had happened," he said.
When the Nigerian Tribune got to the scene of the incident near Garrison Junction, the cat-woman was seen sitting on the ground with blood all over her body. The right side of her face had a deep cut from what was gathered to be from a cutlass.
She was later taken to a hospital for medical attention. It took the intervention of policemen to prevent the mob from killing her.
When reached for information from the police, the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State police command, Mrs. Rita Inoma-Abbey, said she had been taken to the hospital.
"She has been taken to Teme Clinic. Police will still be guarding her so that she will not disappear," she said.