Crimes

Hippopotamus kills Kebbi Emir’s guard

Usman Maigadi, a guard at Orchard Farm owned by the Emir of Yauri in Kebbi State, Dr Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi, has been killed by a mother hippopotamus.

It was gathered that the animal may have perceived the Emir’s guard as coming to harm its baby, hence the attack in self-defence.

60-year-old Maiyaki was said to have been attacked by a hippopotamus while fishing in Yauri River at Tillo Village in Yauri Local Government of Kebbi State on Sunday, September 22, 2024.

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“Maigadi has been buried according to Islamic rites in Yauri after a funeral prayer,” the Chairman of Yauri Local Government, Abubakar Shu’aibu, disclosed.

Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris, in a statement issued on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Ahmed Idris, condoled with Yauri Emirate and the family of the deceased.

Idris urged the emirate and members of the deceased family to “take heart and accept the will of the Almighty in good faith”.

The governor prayed to “Allah to forgive the deceased’s shortcomings and grant him Jannatul Firdaus”.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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