Police in Nigeria detained a goat last Thursday on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.
Really. They did. In fact, not only did they arrest the goat, they paraded him in front of bewildered media at a press briefing.
Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Tunde Mohammed, explained that the goat is an armed robber who attempted to snatch a Mazda car on Wednesday night, and later transformed into the goat in a bid to escape arrest.
He explained that men of a vigilance group in Anifowose Ipata/Oloje areas of the state capital had chased two armed robbery suspects who wanted to demobilise a Mazda car with the intention of stealing it, and "while one of them escaped, the other was about to be apprehended by the team when he turned his back on the wall and turned to this goat", Mohammed said.
"They quickly grabbed the goat and here it is.’’
The police spokesman said the goat "armed robbery suspect" will not be let off the hook until investigations into the case are concluded. Actually, he's reported as saying "left off the hook", which presumably points to the fate awaiting the goat if he is released.
Really. I didn't make this up. The full story is here in the Nigerian newspaper, The Vanguard.
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