By Ahmad Deedat Zakari
A hippopotamus that is said to be making life unbearable for residents of the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State has been killed by youths of the Agatu community.
The huge hippopotamus ran out of luck on Thursday, when it was overpowered and killed by youths in possession of local weapons.
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.
It was further alleged that the same hippopotamus had killed someone near the old bridge in Makurdi before fleeing to Agatu through the River Benue
Olikita Ekani, a former media aide to the immediate past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, shared a video showing the youths using local tools to kill the animal.
Ekani disclosed that the Agatu youths had taken down 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.”