Frequent hippopotamus attacks in Adamawa community claim third victim

Kiri assemblage successful Shelleng Local Government Area of Adamawa State has raised interest implicit predominant attacks by hippopotamuses, which person resulted successful the deaths of 3 people.

The attacks person occurred connected antithetic occasions, sidesplitting residents and injuring others.

The latest incident, which took spot connected Friday, led to the decease of 65-year-old Yakubu Galadima, popularly known arsenic Yakubu Kuri, portion helium was fishing.

A root adjacent to 1 of the deceased told DAILY POST, “This peculiar idiosyncratic was a household man; helium has astir 8 children. Yesterday, aft Asr prayer, helium went to the stream to drawback fish, arsenic it is his means of livelihood, erstwhile helium met his end.

“The incidental happened erstwhile helium was wrong his sportfishing boat; the hippo appeared. At archetypal helium did not spot it, and radical extracurricular saw it and tried to alert him, but helium couldn’t perceive them calling him.

“Before helium noticed, it had already reached his boat. He got frightened by its abrupt quality and jumped into the river, leaving his boat, and that is however the hippo got to him and caught him by his leg, past dragged him into the deeper broadside of the river.”

He added that the hippopotamus belongs to the authorities and cannot beryllium killed without authoritative approval.

The applicable authorities person yet to remark connected the issue, and the Adamawa State Government has not issued a statement.

Residents person urged the gov...