Elephant Tramples Farmer To Death In Ogun State

<blockquote><b>A wandering elephant from one of Ogun States government reserved forests has reportedly trampled a farmer to death in Imobi in Ijebu East Local Government Area.</b><br><br>The incident was confirmed on Tuesday by the Ogun State Commissioner for Forestry, Taiwo Oludotun.<br><br><b>Yes, we are aware and we are already on our way to the community, Oludotun said.<br></b><br>This development comes just a day after a hippopotamus, displaced by flooding near Kiri Dam in Adamawa State, killed one person in Banjiram, a community in Guyuk Local Government Area.<br><br><b>Chairman of Guyuk LGA, Shalom Kassa, confirmed the attack, saying the hippo has been roaming farmlands and residential areas, destroying crops and endangering lives.</b><br><br>Kassa explained that flooding has forced the hippos out of their natural habitat and into nearby communities.<br><br><b>This is a serious threat to human lives and means of livelihoods; the animals are destroying farmlands, invading flooded homes, and endangering residents and livestock, Kassa said.<br></b><br>Kassa noted that locals were powerless to act, as existing laws bar them from harming or killing protected wildlife species, including the invading hippos.<br><br><b>We are appealing to the state Ministry of Environment, wildlife officials, and relevant agencies to urgently intervene before more lives are lost, he said.</b><br></blockquote><a rel=ugc href="https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/wandering-elephant-kills-farmer-in-ogun-days-after-hippo-attack-in-adamawa/">https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/wandering-elephant-kills-farmer-in-ogun-days-after-hippo-attack-in-adamawa/</a>
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