POLICE IN BORNO RELEASED SHEEP, AFTER FORGIVEN BY YUSUF IBRAHIM

Malam Yusuf Ibrahim, the fried fish seller who caused a stir by causing a sheep to be arrested and detained by the Police in Maiduguri, Borno state has forgiven the offending sheep. It has since been released by the Bulabulin Divisional Police Headquarters on account of a settlement brokered.

The fish seller had complained bitterly that the sheep belonging to Luba Mohammed of the same Bulabulin neighborhood had caused him losses by raiding his selling point and taking mouthfuls of fried fish for upward of five years.

The raid yesterday, he said, was huge and he cannot just forgo it. As a result, it was arrested and detained by the Police yesterday.

Yusuf confirmed to a reporter that elders in the community succeeded in talking him into forgiving the transgression. The owner of the sheep, Luba Mohammed had mobilized community elders to intercede.

The fish seller said he has given conditions that what happened should not repeat itself. He extracted commitment from the owner to take care of her animals. Any repeat, it was agreed, will lead to legal action for redress.