[monkeywire] Nigerian man charged for telling monkey to bite boy

carrie mclaren brooklynite282 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 11 20:01:09 EDT 2007


11/09/2007 18:26 LAGOS, Sept 11 (AFP)
Nigerian man charged for telling pet monkey to bite boy
http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=africa&item=070911182610.wj5r8xex.php

A 32-year-old Nigerian man appeared in court Tuesday on a charge of
instructing his monkey to bite a teenager, the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) reported.

Prosecutor lawyer Thaddeus Joseph told an Abuja magistrate court that
Sunday Adeyemi on September 2 instructed his monkey to bite
11-year-old Samson Sule.

Adeyemi denied the charge.

"The children always play with my monkey. I cannot instruct it to bite
them. It is not possible," Adeyemi told the court.

Presiding magistrate Folashade Oyekan granted Adeyemi bail and
adjourned further hearing to September 17.


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