Youths in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State have killed a Hippopotamus that they claim had been causing terror in the waterways.
The incident occurred on close to Ebete, a small settlement located on the border between Benue and Nasarawa States.
Olikita Ekani, a former media aide to the previous governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, shared a video depicting the youths successfully eliminating the animal using traditional implements.
“Agatu youths killed a monster that was terrorising their waterways between Adeke and Ebete,” he captioned the video.
“According to one of the eyewitnesses, the animal had stopped most of the fishermen from freely carrying out their legitimate occupation freely as they have kept them indoor, destroyed their canoes and wounded some fishermen.”
“He also added that the same animal was involved in the eating up of farm produce and destruction of farm lands in the riverine villages in Agatu.”
“It was alleged that the same animal also killed someone in Makurdi near the old bridge before escaping to Agatu through River Benue.”