Usman Maigadi, a guard at Orchard Farm owned by the Emir of Yauri, Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi, was killed by a hippopotamus, according to reports from the News Agency of Nigeria.
It’s believed that the animal perceived him as a threat to its calf, leading to the attack in self-defense.
The 60-year-old was fishing in the Yauri River at Tillo Village in the Yauri Local Government Area when the incident occurred on Sunday.
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”Maigadi has been buried, according Islamic rites in Yauri, after a funeral prayer,” according to the Chairman of the Local Government, Alhaji Abubakar Shu’aibu.
Governor Nasir Idris expressed his condolences to the Yauri Emirate and the family of the deceased in a statement from his spokesman, Ahmed Idris.
He urged the emirate and the family to find solace in the will of the Almighty and accept it with grace.
The governor also prayed for Allah to forgive the deceased’s shortcomings and grant him Jannatul Firdaus.
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