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.
Heres mine http://www.freerepublic.com/~eastforker/
Nice pics.. Thanks!
do you noodle? or are those hooked?
Hooked. Not very fond of puting my bare arm into a submerged log or hole in the bank. I don’t wade fish either, I’d rather float in my boat than walk with the sharks.
Those pictures were posted by another FReeper on a previous thread about this tragedy and yes that is the Alaska Ranger...
I’m a hook guy as well, haven’t fished in years tho, first pick is drill a hole in the ice or drop a line with a bobber over the side of a boat, or cast from shore.. what ever works for the fish. ;-)
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