A Special Task Force, Operation Save Heaven (OPSH) in conjunction with the staff of the Jos wildlife has killed the lion that escaped from captivity in Jos yesterday. Captain Ikedichi Iweha Media and Information Officer of the task force who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday, stated that military men attached to the park and some personnel of the wildlife embarked on a hunt operation after which they spotted the lion outside the perimeter of the park. Iweha explained that efforts were made by the operation team to recapture the lion alive but proved abortive due to its aggressiveness and it was eventually shot dead to avert human casualty. The lion had escaped from the Jos Wildlife Park yesterday according to Mr John Doy, the Acting General Manager, Plateau Toursim Corporation. He had stated the lion escaped “at about 8 a.m. while it was being fed”. Doy stated that the lion, which had been caged since 1972, “ slipped through the gate of the cage when it was opened for its routine feeding”. “The animal is still within the vicinity of the Park but our fear is that the Park is not fenced. “We are struggling to recapture it, but we want members of the public to be vigilant,” he had stated.
