[READ] Aba’s abattoir: Where humans, animals are killed

It was bedlam one evening in July this year at Aba River headbridge also known as waterside following a fatal accident that occurred there. The ac­cident reportedly claimed about six lives while scores of people sustained varying degrees of injury. According to an eyewit­ness account, the driver of a.....
tipper carry­ing gravel had lost control of the vehicle as a result of break failure and ended up smashing into some vehicles and com­mercial tricycles (keke) conveying pas­sengers to various places.
But that was not the first time blood flowed on the bridge like the water beneath. On November 18, 2012, a multiple ghastly accident was recorded at the same spot. The victims, included a pregnant woman, who had gone to the market to buy foodstuffs for the family that weekend. She died on the spot.
Investigations revealed that with in­creased vehicular traffic on that route in re­cent times as a result of the deplorable con­dition of roads entering into the commercial city, the rate of accidents had also gone up. In fact, it has become a regular occurrence because of the bad state of roads within the area.
But it is not only vehicles that kill and maim people at waterside. Cows have also sent scores of people to their early graves there. Every morning, cows are moved from the livestock market at the left hand side at the foot of the bridge to the other side, going to Ogbor hill, which serves as an abattoir. While being led to the slaughter house, the cows completely take over the road like a troop on a mission. At that point, any on­coming vehicle is at the mercy of the ani­mals. Woe betide you if any of the cows runs amok while you are within the vicinity. If you are trekking, you are in trouble and if you are inside a vehicle, you are in deeper trouble.

Culled - TheSun

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