Panic as lion escapes from Kano zoo – TheNigerialawyer

There was panic on Saturday night around zoo road in Kano
metropolis when a lion escaped from its cage at Kano zoological
garden.

The incident happened around 9 pm, when the rangers were trying
to put it back to its cage after they returned it from the national
agricultural show which took place in Nasarawa state.

A source at the zoological garden told NAN that effort was being
made to capture the animal which was still within the zoo
premises.

Rabiu Lawal, a resident of Zoo Road, also said that he has
locked up his house until announcement is made of the capture of
the lion.

”My entire family members will be indoors even if it will take
one month to recover the lion. I have not experienced this kind of
fear since I packed into this area more than 15 years,” he
said.

The residents of the area went indoors earlier than usual to
avoid the consequences of an encounter with a loose lion.

As at the time of filing this report, armed policemen have been
deployed to the area while a search team was trying to capture the
lion.

All effort to contact Saidu Gwadabe, managing director of the
zoological garden, failed as his telephone line was not going
through.

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