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Hyena, Monkey Robbery Gang Arrested
This Day (Lagos)
June 17, 2004
Posted to the web June 17, 2004
http://allafrica.com/stories/200406170377.html


Four armed gang who used a hyena and a monkey to rob their victims in 
Katsina State have been arrested by the police after a gun duel in 
Bichi, headquarters of Bichi Local Government of Kano State.

According to a statement made available to newsmen in Katsina, the 
robbers who were seven in number went to Kankia market in Kankia 
Local Government of Katsina State to display with the animals while 
they robbed their victims of N66,000 during their operation.

Shortly after their operation, the statement added, the robbers took 
to their heels and they were chased by the police down to Bichi in 
Kano State where they engaged the police in a gun battle which led to 
the death of two of the robbers.

During the battle with the police, the gang let off the hyena and 
monkey to fight with the police during which the animals bit one of 
the policemen who is now lying critically ill at the Katsina General 
Hospital.

Two of the robbers were killed while four of them arrested on the spot.

The police had however killed the two animals during the fight in Bichi.

Meanwhile, two robbers have been arrested by the police in Funtua for 
allegedly burgling the home of the former Minister for Special Duties 
during the Abacha administration in the country Alhaji Wada Nas.