Forty fishermen armed with bows and arrows have killed a hippopotamus in Yauri River, in Yauri local government area of Kebbi State in Nigeria.

The fishermen were ordered by the Emir of Yauri, HRH Zayyanu Abdullahi, to search for the wild animal in the river and kill it after it recently attacked and killed the Emir’s worker.

While confirming the development on Monday evening, the chairman of Yauri local government area council in the state, Hon. Abubakar Shu’aibu Yauri (Abu Manaja), disclosed that the fishermen after receiving the Emir’s directive quickly entered the Yauri River where the hippo is and killed it.

He said, “After they killed it, they took it inside a big Canoe from the river to the palace of the District Head of Gungu, Kasimu Aliyu, amidst applause by a crowd of people and butchered it into pieces and shared the meat to the people.”

The Yauri local government chairman added that the people of Yauri Emirate were excited about the development and thanked Governor Idris and the Emir of Yauri Emirate for their decision.