Baboons are
usually not friendly, except in exceptional cases where they are used
for public displays and circus shows.
However, Mohammed Nafiu, a 27-year-old herb seller in Lagos, trained his two pet baboons to act in such a way that they attracted large crowds wherever he and his gang set up their displays.
The two baboons that had lived with him for more than 10 years, gradually became ingrained in Nafiu’s lesser known enterprise – crime.
Not only did the baboons help him make good money from public displays, they also robbed people and snatched their bags. The gang was made up of three men and two baboons and its members were always on the move in search of banks, supermarkets or other areas where they were sure of getting victims to rob.
Whenever they sighted any person leaving a bank or supermarket with a bag, they would send the baboons after him or her. The baboons would scare the target into dropping the bag and fleeing. The baboons would then pick the bag and hand it over to their owners.
Members of the gang were not ordinary folks – they moved around Lagos in a Nissan Primera car. Read more http://newtelegraphonline.com/circus-entertainer-confesses-pet-baboons-help-us-rob-people-snatch-bags/
However, Mohammed Nafiu, a 27-year-old herb seller in Lagos, trained his two pet baboons to act in such a way that they attracted large crowds wherever he and his gang set up their displays.
The two baboons that had lived with him for more than 10 years, gradually became ingrained in Nafiu’s lesser known enterprise – crime.
Not only did the baboons help him make good money from public displays, they also robbed people and snatched their bags. The gang was made up of three men and two baboons and its members were always on the move in search of banks, supermarkets or other areas where they were sure of getting victims to rob.
Whenever they sighted any person leaving a bank or supermarket with a bag, they would send the baboons after him or her. The baboons would scare the target into dropping the bag and fleeing. The baboons would then pick the bag and hand it over to their owners.
Members of the gang were not ordinary folks – they moved around Lagos in a Nissan Primera car. Read more http://newtelegraphonline.com/circus-entertainer-confesses-pet-baboons-help-us-rob-people-snatch-bags/
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