A group of around 40 fishermen has successfully hunted and killed a female hippopotamus that had killed Malam Usman Maigadi, a guard at the Emir of Yauri’s Orchard Farm, on September 22.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the fishermen, armed with bows and arrows, killed the hippopotamus in the Yauri River, Yauri Local Government Area, on Monday.
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Alhaji Abubakar Shu’aibu, Chairman of Yauri LGA, confirmed that the fishermen acted on the directive of the Emir of Yauri to eliminate the animal.
”If you could recall, the hippo has killed Yauri Emir’s guard and another farmer in September.
”We can’t keep an animal that is killing people any how, and all the people it killed were not after the animal, they were doing their own fishing business.
“After they killed it, they transported it on a big canoe from the river to the palace of the District Head of Gungu, Alhaji Kasimu Aliyu, amidst applause by a crowd of people.
“The brave fishermen subsequently butchered the animal into pieces and shared the meat to the people,” Shu’aibu said.
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