Fear has gripped the inhabitants of Babban Daba in Shelleng Local Government Area, Adamawa state after a fisherman known as Bala was killed by hippopotamus.
According local sources, the fisherman was killed by the hippop while catching fish at River Gongola in the LGA in the early hours of Sunday.
It was learnt that it took the residents more than 6 hours before evacuating the corpse due to the hostile nature of the hippopotamus.
Some of the residents told NEWS PLATFORM that the hippos have become a menace to the community, saying that the inhabitants are even afraid of going to their farms located at river bank.
Other locals disclosed that the hippos attack more especially fishermen while catching fish at the River Gongola known as Kiri Dam from time to time.
It is against this backdrop that the State House of Assembly on Monday, directed the Ministry of Livestock and Aquaculture to send experts so as to go and identify the animal.
The Assembly also detailed its Standing Committee on Water Resources to liaise with the aforementioned ministry to carry out the assignment as well as sympathise with the family of the victim.
The resolution of the Assembly followed a motion on matter of public importance brought before it by Hon. Abubakar Isa (Shelleng) which other legislators deliberated on it and subsequently adopted it.
While contributing on the motion, Hon. Abdullahi Umar Umar (Verre), Hon. Kabiru Mijinyawa (Yola South) and Hon. Simon Isa (Song) sympathised with the community.
Presiding over the sitting, the Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, said that the concern of the Assembly is to protect lives of the citizens.
However, he directed the clerk to the Assembly to communicate the resolutions to the relevant ministry for necessary action.
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