A hippopotamus that has been said to be terrorising residents of Ashara Village in Kwali Area Council of Abuja has been killed on Saturday by some local hunters.

One of the hunters, Usman Mohammed, said the beast was shot with an arrow at about 4:12p.m, adding that wild animal tried to escape but they trailed it and later found it dead at a forest near the river bank.

He said they had been hunting for the animal since Friday, after some villagers in the area came to inform them that they sighted it.

He said, “Before now, the hippopotamus had been terrorising residents and destroying crops, and even preventing fishermen from fishing in the river for many years now. That was why we had to target and kill it,”

Reacting to the incident, the chairman of Kwali Area Council, Mr. Joseph Shazhin, commended the bravery of the hunters for finally tracking and killing the hippopotamus, which, he said, had been terrorising people and destroying farm crops at the riverine communities.

He said “It was unfortunate that the animal was killed as it is an endangered species but on the other hand, I feel happy because the people who it has been terrorising will heave a sigh of relief.”