Hunters kill lion in Sambisa forest

Hunters in Borno state have killed a lion in Sambisa Forest in the Konduga Local Council of Borno State, TopNaija reports.

The well-grown lion is believed to have strayed from the Waza Game Reserve of Cameroun before it was intercepted and killed by the hunters on Tuesday, March 15.

Confirming the incident in Maiduguri, the Director of Forestry and Wildlife in the state’s Ministry of Environment, Peter Ayuba, said;

“The lion might have strayed from the Game Reserve of Cameroun. We have similar incidents of elephants from the Reserve entering villages in Kala/Balge council of the state.”

The Sambisa Forest is a forest in Borno State, northeast Nigeria. It is in the southwestern part of Chad Basin National Park, about 60 kilometres southeast of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.