Tragedy Strikes In Ogun As Wandering Elephant Kills Farmer

A wandering Elephant from one of the government reserved forests has killed a farmer at Imobi in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Naija News learnt that the Elephant was said to have attacked the farmer before killing him.

Confirming the tragic incident to Punch, the Commissioner for Forestry, Taiwo Oludotun, said, “Yes, we are aware and we are already on our way to the community”.

Similarly, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, stated that the elephants’ deadly attack happened on Monday, July 28, 2025 and the victim died while on his way to the hospital.

Ogunlowo said, “The DPO Ogbere received information from the Itasin community on 28/07/2025 at about 1620hrs that elephants escaped from the government reserve and attacked one Musa Kalamu, who died on the way to the hospital.

“Officers of Ogun State Forestry were contacted to curtail the animals from further damage. Calm has returned to the community”.

In other news, personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), identified as Akpan Blessing, have died after being stabbed by yet-to-be-identified assailants in Piawe, Bwari, Abuja.

Blessing was attacked in front of her residence in the early hours of last Tuesday. She was rushed to multiple hospitals but was denied immediate medical treatment because of the absence of a police report.

One of her distraught friends, who spoke to Daily Trust on Monday, revealed that Blessing was first taken to Gabriel Hospital and later to St. Theresa Hospital, both in Bwari town.

She said, “It is painful that we lost officer Blessing as she was fondly called due to a weakened and uncoordinated system.

“Someone was dying, and you insisted there must be a police report before she was attended to. We showed them her NSCDC identity card, yet they still didn’t treat her. We kept moving her from one hospital to another until she died.”

Another friend explained that Blessing was stabbed during a robbery attempt.

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