Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has denied report that a Gorilla in Kano Zoological Gardens (A State owned Zoo) swallowed N6.8 million.
Ganduje, who spoke with State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he had directed a probe into the incident adding that contrary to report, the incident was a case of armed robbery as against the insinuation that a Gorilla swallowed the said amount.
“You know l already directed the anti- corruption agency in Kano to wade into the issue and they are still investigating. But all l can say now is that preliminary reports indicate that there was armed robbery at the zoo, and not the issue of Gorilla. The issue of Gorilla is junk Journalism. This is because there is even no Gorilla in that zoo. We are told that there was an armed robbery incidence in which The entire safe at the zoo was carted away”. He said
On the alleged rifts between him and the Emir of Kano, Ganduje said the reconciliation efforts were still ongoing.