It has been revealed to The PUNCH that a Veterinary Technologist at the Zoological Garden of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Olabode Olawuyi, was killed by a nine-year-old lion on Monday as he tried saving a woman who was first attacked by the wild cat.
The Chairman, National Association of Non-Academic Staff of Universities, OAU branch, Wole Odewumi, revealed this.
Odewumi, who said the authorities of the university have shut down the zoological garden on the institution’s campus, told The PUNCH: “I spoke to some of his colleagues, and they told me what happened.
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“The lion attacked a woman first.
“The woman is also a staff working at the zoo.
“The deceased intervened to free the woman from the lion.
“He must have assumed that the lion would recognise him.
“His intervention to free the woman must have infuriated the animal.
“The lion left the woman and attacked him squarely.
“After he was freed from the lion’s grip, they rushed him to the health centre on campus here.
“He however died before he got there.
“But the second person that was attacked, a woman, is still on admission receiving treatment presently.”
