A middle-aged man has been arrested for allegedly killing a monkey in Awka, Anambra State.
According to City & Crime, monkeys are regarded as sacred animals in the entire Awka kingdom, therefore killing any is seen as a sacrilegious act.
In the entire kingdom, it is not strange to see monkeys jumping about in people’s compounds without harassment.
The man who was arrested on Wednesday, March 6, for killing the animal was seen in a viral video confessing that he has lived in Awka for 24 years and that he was aware that Awka people neither permits the killing nor eating of monkeys.
He explained that he did not intentionally kill the monkey, rather he had set a trap in the bush, hoping to kill other bush animals to be used as delicacy, but unfortunately, it was the monkey that was trapped.
