According to local youths, a hippopotamus that was allegedly wreaking havoc in the waterways of the Agatu Local Government Area in Benue State was killed.
The incident happened on July 6, 2023, close to Ebete, a village on the border of the states of Benue and Nasarawa.
The youths are seen in a video killing the animal with local tools, according to Olikita Ekani, a former media assistant to Samuel Ortom, the outgoing governor of Benue State.
The young people of Agatu, according to Ekani, killed a monster that had been terrorizing the waterways between Adeke and Ebete.
His statement reads in part “Agatu youths killed a monster that was terrorising their waterways between Adeke and Ebete.”
According to reports, the hippopotamus had been preventing fishermen from freely carrying out their occupation, confining them indoors, damaging their canoes, and causing injuries to some fishermen.
It was also accused of devouring crops and destroying farmlands in the riverine villages of Agatu.
Furthermore, it was alleged that the same hippopotamus had killed someone near the old bridge in Makurdi before fleeing to Agatu through the River Benue.
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