Barely a year after Philomina Chieshe, a sales clerk in Benue state JAMB office alleged that a snake swallowed N36m proceeds from sale of scratch card, a gorilla has been accused of swallowing N6.8 million in the Kano Zoological Gardens, the BBC Pidgin has reported.
A finance officer in the zoo was quoted as saying the gorilla sneaked into an office and carted away the money before swallowing during the Sallah celebrations.
The managing director of the zoo, Umar Kobo has confirmed that the money is missing and that the issue is being investigated.
He told the BBC , “The issue is under investigations for now and I don’t want to say anything on the matter, many journalists have come to meet me but I don’t want to say anything. What I can confirm is that money is missing.”
Kano state police spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna, was quoted to have also confirmed the incident with 10 persons, including those on duty when the money went missing, already in custody.
“Yes, it is true that money from five days of Sallah festivities is missing from the Kano zoo.”
“As at now, we have arrested 10 members of staff of the zoo including the security man and those working in the finance unit”, he was quoted to have said.
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