9 year-old Lion kills OAU staff in Ile Ife

A staff of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Olabode Olawuyi was killed today by a 9-year-old lion in the zoological garden of the institution.

A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, confirming the incident says Olabode Olawuyi, until his death was a Veterinary Technologist, who has been in charge of the Zoological garden for over a decade.

Abiodun Olanrewaju says the deceased was attacked this afternoon while feeding the lions in their den at the Zoological garden of the University.

According to the Statement, other members of staff who were at the scene of the incident did everything within their power to rescue the man but the wild cat had already caused severe fatalities.

The statement adds that University management has sent a delegation to the widow and children of the deceased while the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire has also ordered a comprehensive investigation into the immediate and remote causes of the incident

As at the time of filling this report lion is said to have been euthanized.