Security guard Robert Nababan encountered the snake on a palm oil plantation road in Sumatra’s Batang Gansal district on Saturday.

Mr Nababan tried to catch the python, reports say, which was 7.8m (26ft) long.

It attacked him, and man and reptile fought until Mr Nababan killed it with the help of some villagers.

The guard survived with serious injuries.

The python was not as lucky as Mr Nababan – its body was strung up for display at a village, before it was chopped up, fried and eaten.

Mr Nababan told Indonesian news outlet Detik: “I tried to catch it, my hand was bitten, and I managed to wrestle it.”

The 37-year-old did not give an exact reason for why he tried to catch the python, but said there were villagers who could not cross the road because of the snake.

Varying reports say he was either trying to keep scared villagers safe or that he wanted to clear the road.

Local police told AFP news agency that the python had sunk its fangs into the guard’s left arm and nearly severed it.

He was taken to a hospital in Pekanbaru city, where he is still recovering, said Elinaryon, head of the Batang Gansal district government.

The official, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, told the BBC that Mr Nababan’s hand was badly injured and that doctors “might have to cut it off”.

‘Really tasty’

He said giant pythons were common in his area, a remote district of Sumatra. “[There are] at least 10 sightings of them a year. In the dry season they come out looking for a drink, in the wet they come out to take a bath in the rain.”

“There are usually lots of mice in the palm oil plantations and that’s what they are hunting.”

Mr Elinaryon said it was inadvisable for people to tackle the giant reptiles. “You really shouldn’t try to do that… of course the snake, if you try and kill it, is going to get really angry and that’s when it fights back!”

He was not surprised that the python was eaten. “I have heard from friends that they are really tasty. I mean it’s a 7m snake – that’s a lot of meat!”

“The blood, some people believe, has healing qualities and can be used in medicine.”

In March another encounter with a giant snake turned out differently, when an Indonesian villager was found dead in the belly of a python.

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The revision is a limited voter registration exercise intended to offer Ghanaians who have attained the voting age of 18 years since the last registration in 2012 and those who were above 18 years but could not, for various reasons, register as voters in 2012 .

The registration is expected to take off on Friday June 20^th, 2014 to Sunday June 29^th 2014 from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm each day.

The registration will take place at designated registration centers in all electoral areas throughout the country.

A press statement signed by the Deputy Chairman of Operations at the Electoral Commission, Mr. Amadu Sulley indicated that applicants will be required to show proof of eligibility by tendering any of their identification documents before resgitering.

“Applicants who do not have any of the identification documents listed above are required to find two people who are already registered as voters to complete documents to guarantee their registration,” the statement further noted.

It also cautioned applicants to refrain from double registration as it is punishable by law.

Below is the full statement issued by the EC

REVISION OF THE VOTERS REGISTER – 2014

The Electoral Commission will embark on a revision of the voters register from Friday, the 20^th day of June 2014, to Sunday, the 29^th day of June 2014.

The revision is a limited voter registration intended to offer Ghanaians who have attained the voting age of 18 years since the last registration in 2012 and those who were above 18 years but could not, for various reasons, register as voters in 2012 the opportunity to register now.

The registration will take place at designated registration centres in all electoral areas throughout the country. The selected centres will be published in the national newspapers before the commencement of the registration. Prospective applicants are advised to check the newspapers for the registration centres in their electoral areas.

All applicants are reminded that they will be required to show proof of eligibility by tendering any of the following identification documents; Ghanaian passport, National Identification Card, a driver’s licence, National Health Insurance Card or the old voter ID card (in the case of persons who were registered voters before the replacement of the voters register in 2012).

Applicants who do not have any of the identification documents listed above are required to find two people who are already registered as voters to complete documents to guarantee their registration.

The general public is cautioned that it is an offence punishable by a fine or imprisonment or both to register or attempt to register a second time. Any double registration will be detected through the matching of fingerprints in the database.

The registration will take place from 7:00am to 6:00pm each day of the registration period, including Saturdays and Sundays.

All prospective applicants are to take note and avail themselves of the opportunity.

SIGNED

AMADU SULLEY

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN (OPERATIONS)

By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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