elephant in a forest reserve popularly called
elephants forest in a border area between J1 and J3
in Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu North local government area of
Ogun State have been arrested.
The State commissioner for Forestry, Ayo Olubori
who disclosed this to newsmen in Abeokuta on
Sunday, said he had to pass a night in the jungle after
a-three hour journey withing the forest before the
suspects were arrested, describing the act as a very
serious crime.
Olubori said the elephant was killed at the wee hours
of Thursday by a man (name withheld) after the
suspect encroached the forest exclusively reserved
for elephants in the state and was later joined by
some villagers in dismembering it.
According to Olubori the killer of the elephant and
some villagers who joined him in dismembering the
elephants after he killed it have been taken to a police
station in Ijebu-Igbo for further interrogation.
" The suspected killer of the wild animal was arrested
on the spot at 1:00am . The animal is an endangered
species, we have them limited, if care is not taken
they may go into extinction. We don't want to be
sanctioned by Wild lives activists, United Nations
Prohibition, among others.
" We will charge the suspects to court hopefully by
Monday. Preliminary report indicated that, the man
was sent by some prominent people in the society to
get them the elephants tusks which cost N25 million
each, he has confessed to the crime and he is on
tape", the commissioner said.
Source: naijaloaded.com
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