Police Release Sheep Arrested For Eating Up Fried Fish

The Borno State Police Command has released a sheep detained for eating up fried fish belonging to one Malam Yusuf Ibrahim, a fish seller in the Bulabulin neighborhood, Maiduguri Metropolitan Council of the state capital.

Ibrahim had caused a stir on Saturday by asking the police to arrest the sheep, which he said had been consistently eating up his fried fish for months.

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 months.

It was, however, after the sheep raided his fish on Saturday that he finally decided to involve the police.

The police subsequently arrested the sheep and detained it overnight.

Ibrahim confirmed to newsmen that elders in the community succeeded in persuading him to forgive the transgression.

The owner of the sheep, Luba Mohammed had mobilized community elders to intercede.

The fish seller said he had given conditions that what happened should not repeat itself.

It was released on Sunday by the Bulabulin Divisional Police Headquarters after Ibrahim settled with its owner.