Nigerians are now shocked by another story making the rounds, after last year’s JAMB money-swallowing snake, that a big Gorilla allegedly swallowed N6.8 million in the Kano Zoological Gardens during the recent Sallah celebration.
The Vanguard reported the BBC Pidgin, as saying the Chief Revenue Officer for the zoo, said on Wednesday, that the said money, approximately six million, eight hundred and twenty thousand naira, was money realized as gate fee from fun-seekers who had visited the zoo during Sallah celebration to watch the animals.
A local radio station in the state, Freedom Radio had reported on Thursday that one of the finance officers it spoke with had said that one huge Gorilla sneaked into their office and carried the money and ran away, where it went and allegedly swallowed the close to seven million naira.
Also, when asked, the Managing Director of the zoo, Kashekobo, confirmed the development to the BBC Pidgin but, however, said that he had nothing more to say about it other than that the matter was under investigation.
According to him, “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 say is that the money got missing.”
Also, confirming the report, the Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, said the matter was under investigation.
According to him, ” 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,” the police spokesperson was quoted as saying.
Recall that in February 2018, one Philomina 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. Related
