Eight persons include the
alleged shooter of an 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 :am .
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.

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