A big Gorilla in the Kano Zoological Gardens has reportedly
swallowed N6.8 million meant for the operations of the zoo. The money was
generated from tourists who visited the zoo during the Eid celebrations.
On Monday June 10th when workers resumed work, it was
discovered that the money was nowhere to be found.
A local radio station in the state, Freedom Radio had
reported on Thursday June 13th that one of the finance officers it spoke with
had said that one huge Gorilla sneaked into their office and allegedly
swallowed the close to seven million naira.
Confirming the loss of the money, the Managing Director of
the zoo, Umar Kashekobo, said indeed there was money missing in the
organization but that he would rather not say anything about it as the matter
was under investigation.
''The issue is under investigations for now and I don’t want
to say anything concerning the matter. Many journalists have met me on the
issue but I don’t want to say anything. All I can to say is that the money got
missing.”
Commenting on the matter, the spokesperson in the state
police command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, said the matter was under investigation.
” Yes it is true that money got missing from the Kano Zoo.
It is money they realised for five days of Sallah festivities. As at now, we
have arrested 10 staff members of the Zoo and they are in police CID. Among the
people we arrested are the gatemen and the people in the finance unit. What we
want to understand is why they left such huge amount of money for five days
without taking it to the bank,” Haruna said
This case is no different than the one that happened in
February 2018 when one Philomena Chieshe, a sales clerk with the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Benue state, had claimed that a
huge snake swallowed N36m, which the board made from sale of scratch card.
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