[FACT CHECKED] Nigerian gorilla myth bust
Updated | By AFP
If a widely shared story in Nigeria is to be believed, a very hungry gorilla swallowed 6.8 million naira ($18,900) at a zoo in Kano state.

But a journalist from AFP's Kano bureau visited the zoo and found no trace of a gorilla and managers told AFP it has not housed one in its 47-year history.
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Umar Yusuf, the zoo manager, said the money was stolen by armed robbers.
Official: Kano zoo millions stolen, not swallowed by gorilla https://t.co/DWXmb9lm5b
— Nigeria Newsdesk (@NigeriaNewsdesk) June 19, 2019
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