Research has shown that consuming meat, be it cow, chicken, fish or any other that is roasted is better than frying.

However, latest discovery has shown that most of the Suya meat, roasted chicken were dead animals on arrival and not slaughtered by the people involved.

Our correspondent who was at one of the abattoirs in Abuja saw when some cows which were dead being sold to some food vendors.

She also saw another sets of cows which had diseases all over their bodies and mouths being pushed to a separate place at the abattoir in a truck where they were cut into pieces.

A trader who sells shoe wears confided in our correspondent that most vendors especially those that are into roasting business prefer to patronise the dead animals because they are far cheaper than the ones slaughtered at the abattoir.

He however disclosed that even some individuals who feel that the slaughtered meats are expensive also patronise the dead animals at the abattoir. “The most important thing is for you to boil the meat very well and if you are roasting, it must be well roasted so that the fire can kill the disease that must killed the animal.

“My brother, na God dey protect us because if you follow what they are doing here, you won’t eat meat in this country,” he jokingly said in pidgin English.

Our correspondent who wanted to get the reaction of the hygienic officer from the ministry of health and animal husbandry on duty, iinitially refused to comment on the dead animals but later said, “We don’t allow dead animals in the abattoir hence we dispose them immediately.” But how and where they are disposed was not disclosed.

So, whenever you are buying Suya, roasted chicken and even fish, be sure of the source of where your customer or vendor is getting it from. If the vendor is neat, it is an evidence that such person will not want to settle for dead animals or if the vendor has a name, he or she will not want to dent it for fear of losing his or her customers.