Rampaging hippopotamus caught and butchered for meat by locals in Adamawa community (photos)

One of the rampaging hippopotamuses that recently invaded communities in Adamawa State has been caught and butchered for meat by the locals.

 

 

Happiness Blog reported that one person was k!lled following the invasion of displaced hippopotamuses in the Guyuk and Shelleng Local Government Areas of the state last week. 

The Chairman of Guyuk Local Government, Mr Shalom Kassa, who confirmed the incident on Monday, July 28, 2025, said that a young man was reportedly k!lled by one of the animals during the attack.

Kassa said the hippopotamuses, displaced by flooding around the Kiri Dam in Shelleng, were now within communities, farmlands, and riverbanks, causing fear among residents.

"This is a serious threat to human lives and means of livelihoods; the animals are destroying farmlands, invading flooded homes, and endangering residents and livestock,” he said. 

It was gathered that the hippopotamus was caught on Tuesday, July 29.