Hunters Kill A Lion In Borno Village As Residents Return To Abandoned Villages

 

Mr Peter Ayuba, the Director of Forestry and Wildlife at Borno State's Ministry of Environment, has confirmed that a lion was killed by hunters in the state's Konduga Local Government Area.

The lion may have wandered from Waza Game Reserve in Cameroon, according to Ayuba, who talked to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) about the occurrence on Tuesday in Maiduguri, the state capital.

"In the Kala-Balge Local Government Area, we've had similar cases of elephants from the game reserve entering settlements.

"There was also an incidence in Kaga Local Government Area where some hyenas killed a man in the jungle."

"Many farmlands have been changed into thick forest due to a lack of human activity in some rural communities for numerous years," Ayuba remarked.

He explained that the several years of absence of human beings made the animals in reserves to start wandering into the villages.

He added that the villages hitherto had been without humans until now that people were returning to base with the gradual return of peace.

Ayuba urged resettled communities to be careful and vigilant, pointing out that the lion killed on Sunday could have other pride members lurking.

Also speaking on the incident, the Information Officer of the local government, Mallam Asheikh Chabbol, said the lion chased some irrigation farmers in Malari village who had to invite hunters to engage it.

“Hunters engaged the lion, which injured two of them before it was killed.

“The injured hunters are receiving treatment while the carcass of the lion was taken to the Ministry of Environment,”  Chabbol said.