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Saturday, 7 May 2011

Elephants Tusks coming to Lagos intercepted in Kenya

A shipment of elephant tusks were intercepted at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport in Nairobi May 6, 2011. The smuggled consignment of 115 pieces of raw ivory weighing about 1.4 tonnes were intercepted by Kenyan authorities on May 5, as they were en route to Lagos, Nigeria. Kenya remains opposed to the lifting of the international ivory trade ban. - Reuters

What do Nigerians want with elephant tusk bi ko nu?
at 5/07/2011 08:05:00 am

18 comments:

  1. Alicia says...7 May 2011 at 08:31

    maybe to put up in their shrines and do voodoo or something. so they are still senselessly killing elephants for their ivory tusks? SAD.

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  2. j7 May 2011 at 10:46

    lol linda
    these are artifacts
    do you even realise how much one of those tusks go for?
    ivory is a precious gem made from tusks aside from that people use tusks as status symbols in their homes as decoration just like you see animal skin et al

    @alicia lwkmd
    shrines and voodoo
    i cant shout!

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  3. nella7 May 2011 at 11:15

    Nigeria na wa

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  4. Unknown7 May 2011 at 12:40

    What do Nigerians want with elephant tusk bi ko nu? You said my mind. lol. Brava Linda

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  5. steezz.com7 May 2011 at 14:00

    Dont u knw we love rare and exotic stuffs in 9ja

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  6. Anonymous7 May 2011 at 14:06

    Linda which kind of question are you asking? as if you no be igbo girl....go ask the dibia in your village.

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  7. Anonymous7 May 2011 at 18:32

    1) voodoo. yes j at 10:46am. used symbolically in power juju. used in coronations etc
    2) status symbols in homes.
    3) made into jewelry

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  8. Anonymous7 May 2011 at 19:00

    The final destination of those tusk is probably not Nigeria.
    The price for one elephant tusk when finished is about $8000 USD. So 115 pieces X 8000 = $920,000.00 GBOSA!

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  9. steve genesis7 May 2011 at 19:22

    An elephants’ tusks are a blessing and curse. Blessing because they give a elephants a true majesty that rise them above other animals as well and being of use for various tasks. A curse because man’s avarice for ivory has led to the senseless slaughter of hundred of thousands of the magnificent animals.

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  10. steve genesis7 May 2011 at 19:23

    An elephants’ tusks are a blessing and curse. Blessing because they give a elephants a true majesty that rise them above other animals as well and being of use for various tasks. A curse because man’s avarice for ivory has led to the senseless slaughter of hundred of thousands of the magnificent animals.

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  11. Jenny7 May 2011 at 21:53

    Ogwu egooo!!

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  12. Anonymous7 May 2011 at 22:55

    R u for real? Those ivory bracelets traditional rulers and princes wear where do u think they come from? This question is kind of daft!

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  13. Anonymous8 May 2011 at 07:55

    Gosh, I feel like raining insults on ANNON @ May 7, 2011 10:55 PM but I don't want to swoop to your level.

    In case you don't know, the only daft question is the one that was never asked.

    Knowledge is power, so there is nothing wrong in asking questions and there is definitely nothing wrong with the question Linda asked.

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  14. Anonymous8 May 2011 at 14:49

    Anon@7.55pm u still ended up descending to whatever level. Linda asked the question as though nigerians were doing something illegal with the elephant tusks.

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  15. Alicia says...9 May 2011 at 00:57

    i seriously don't believe that Nigeria was its final destination though. its just easier to smuggle things through nigeria because of its poor security and you can easily bribe people to allow it. so, not surprised.

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  16. Anonymous9 May 2011 at 02:44

    This upsets me so much. Imagine how many elephants they killed only for their tusk!

    BTW it's that ivory they seek.

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  17. Anonymous9 May 2011 at 02:47

    BTW Annon 2:49PM. IT'S ILLEGAL!!!

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  18. Anonymous9 May 2011 at 09:24

    seriously, poor elephants. Can we just leave these animals alone?

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