There was confusion in Ofagbe community Sunday when a hunter shot down an eagle belived to be on a spy mission on the Nigerian space.
The hunter, simply identified as Jonhson , said he shot the bird while on an expendition Sunday afternoon.
On a close examination, it was discovered that that the bird had an unusually large ring strapped to one of the legs which was transmitting signals.
The inscription on the ring shows that the bird originated from Helsinki, Finland.A contact number on the ring led the natives that gathered to satisfy their curiosity to put a call across and a voice on the other end pleaded that the bird should be preserved in a mortuary with a reward of N1million on the card.
The person that offered the reward promised to come for the carcass the following day.
It was not known whether someone had come for the dead bird at press time Tuesday evening.
Curious members of the public who fell over themselves to take photographs and film the strange bird , said that the bird must have been on an espionage mission when it met its waterloo.