Lion kills handler at Obasanjo Library’s zoo

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A 35-year-old zoo worker, Babaji Daule, has been killed at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, on Saturday.

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The spokesman for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, on Sunday confirmed the incident in a statement.

The statement said Daule was from Bauchi State, explaining that he had forgotten to secure the locks and barricade the lion’s enclosure before approaching the cage to feed the animal.

Consequently, the lion escaped and attacked him, injurying him in his neck and a situation which led to his eventual death.

The victim’s body was said to have been removed and taken to the mortuary at Ijaye General Hospital, after the wild lion was shot to release its grip on the handler.