Hippopotamus kills 60-year-old Emir’s guard in Kebbi
The killer hippopotamus and the baby
Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun
By Ibrahim Bello
Tragedy struck at an orchard farm owned by the Emir of Yauri in Kebbi State, Dr Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi on Sunday as a guard identified as Malam Usman Maigadi was killed by a mother hippopotamus who is nursing a baby.
According to report, 60 years old Maigadi was attacked by the hippopotamus while he was fishing in Yauri River at Tillo Village in Yauri Local Government of Kebbi state.
There were speculations that the animal may have perceived Maigadi as coming to harm its baby, hence the attack in self- defence.
The tragic incident was confirmed by the Chairman of Yauri Local Local Government, Alhaji Abubakar Shu’aibu and the Kebbi State Government.
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” Maigadi has been buried, according Islamic rites in Yauri, after a funeral prayer,” Shu’aibu said in a statement.
On his part, the Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, condoled with Yauri Emirate and the family of the deceased.
Idris urged the emirate and members of the deceased family to take heart and accept the will of the Almighty in good faith.
The governor prayed to Allah to forgive the deceased’s shortcomings and grant him Jannatul Firdaus.
(NAN)
