Posted on 03/23/2008 12:58:09 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LAGOS (AFP) - Police in the northwest Nigerian state of Kebbi, home to the Argungu fishing festival, have released on bail this year's champion, arrested last week for allegedly smuggling his winning monster catch already dead into the river, a police chief said Sunday.
The fishing champion, somewhat confusingly called Bello Argungu, was arrested Friday on suspicions of having smuggled a dead 65 kilogram (140 pound) fish into the river before the start of the picturesque festival.
He then pulled his "catch", which drew gasps of admiration, out of the river and walked off with prizes that included a car and air tickets.
Argungu has been stripped of his title and had his prizes confiscated, Muktari Ibrahim, Kebbi State Commissioner of Police, told AFP, adding that the suspect would be arraigned in court "soon".
The Argungu fishing festival is one of the most spectacular cultural festivals in Nigeria, a country notorious for daring fraud schemes known as "four-one-nine" after the relevant article of the penal code.
Fishermen participate in the yearly fishing festival on March 15 in Argungu River in Argungu, northwestern Nigeria. Police in the northwest Nigerian state of Kebbi, home to the Argungu fishing festival, have released on bail this year's champion, arrested last week for allegedly smuggling his winning monster catch already dead into the river, a police chief said Sunday. (AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)
Man, that looks like the Butte on Memorial Day!
Surprised the fish aren’t getting stepped on!
smelt run or what? african fishing pic ping
LOL........Yep !!
Here I am toiling over a hot stove for hours and all I get from you is a smelly fish story...
I am pleading with Mr Rocks to send some cool weather as it is a steamy 61 degrees on Humboldt Bay.
I’m not sure how I would cook a 164 lb fish.. open pit maybe
Sunny and 72 here,, It ain’t summer yet.. but ya can’t tell it for all the blossoms in muh backyard
...back to the article...
The fishing champion, somewhat confusingly called Bello Argungu
Should I be somewhat confused? Ibo? Okay... I'm confused.
Hello friend,I'm somewhat confusingly called Bello Argungu, however my friends call me Tork.
I have come into a large amount of Nigerian money, and I need your help to transfer it to my bait, tackle and gun stores in Eureka. If you are looking to get rich very fast, please reply to this email. I look forward to doing business with you.
Please don't delay.
Bello Argungu, fisherman champion
No, no. Keep the guns. Get rid of all the dead fish :o)
Man, you are going stealth. Did you throw your tagline off the Samoa bridge too??
Or maybe check Dolly’s ‘calls made’ list on her cell... ya never know, Bo can be quite devious with that black charisma.
We had a Black Lab... called him Spook...
About those photos and fishing. The guy that took them may have been on this boat...
http://picasaweb.google.com/dgraves242/Alaska3
Kinda hard to tell where the boat ends and the ship starts. When I was around my daughter’s age, I spent some time on my uncles 35 foot salmon boat off Juan de Fuca. Caught kings bigger than me. I really enjoyed it. My uncle would drink Black Jack, and I’d run the booms. Good days.
A few years later, he built a 50 footer out of ferro-cement. Yep. Him and a friend, and he spent the rest of his retirement catching king and silver. He was in the editorial area of the Post-Intelligencer before he retired. Quite conservative. I suppose the dissonance at work was what made him such an ornery cuss :o)
I didn't notice...do you have all your fingers?
Are those your pictures?
The ship there is the Alaska Ranger that just sank yesterday...
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