No Farmer killed Lion in Benue – Police reacts

On Saturday, the Benue State Police Command denied rumors that a farmer in the state’s remote Kwande Local Government Area had killed a lion.

In a phone interview from Makurdi with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), it’s public relations officer, SP Catherine Anene, said that the social media news item was untrue.

Anene claimed that every year, the same image of a lion being killed is posted on social media, and that there is no element of truth to it.

“It is not true; there is no element of truth about that. They post that picture every year. The same picture was posted last year. There is nothing like that. It is a lie”, she said.

She further warned the public against circulating fake news, adding that those behind such acts will be punished.

Also, the Director-General, Services and Administration (DGSA), Kwande Local Government Area, Mrs Kate Atsaga, also told NAN that no lion was killed in the area.

Atsaga, who is the acting chairman of the Council following the suspension of the elected chairman by the State House of Assembly, said the social media reports were fake.

She said that she has not received any information about the killing of a lion by a Kwande resident.

“I don’t know about it. I have never heard of it and I go to the office everyday and have never heard such information of a native of Kwande killing a lion.

“Yes we may have security issues around the Shangev -Ya axis involving Mbakya and Mzev which has already led to the arrest of two traditional rulers.

“But, on the killing of a lion nobody has told me about somebody killing a rat not to talk of lion”, she said.

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