A lion has killed two herdsmen and 30 livestock in a settlement in Yobe State, the state Commissioner for Environment, Ahmed Wakil Sarki, said on Tuesday.

“We have a lion on the rampage, which has so far killed two people and around 30 livestock,” the commissioner said.

He said the lion attacked the settlement on the edge of a forest in Gujba district, 30 kilometres from Damaturu, the state capital, on Monday.

“We are trying to mobilise our rangers from the wildlife department to capture the predator alive or hunt it down, to avert further destruction,” he said.

Sarki said the lion was believed to be holed up near Damaturu, as residents in nearby villages reported seeing the devoured remains of animals suspected to have been killed by the big cat.

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