Flood: Panic as displaced hippos kill one, attack communities in Adamawa

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One person was killed following the invasion of displaced hippopotamuses in the Guyuk and Shelleng Local Government Areas of Adamawa State.

The Chairman of Guyuk Local Government, Mr Shalom Kassa, said on Monday in the Banjiram community, that a young man was reportedly killed by one of the animals during the attack.

Kassa said the hippopotamuses, displaced by flooding around the Kiri Dam in Shelleng, were now within communities, farmlands, and riverbanks, causing fear among residents.

“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,” he said. Punch