Another OAU Staff Injured by Lion

The management of OAU has declined comments on what led to the death of one of its staff, Olabode Olawuyi But the chairman of the non-teaching staff, Wole Odewumi, disclosed that another staff was injured by a lion Odewumi, however, refused to disclose how the incident happened, but reports have it that the sad development occurred while feeding the wild cats

The chairman of the National Association of Non-Teaching Staff of Universities (NANTSU) OAU, Ile-Ife branch, Wole Odewumi, confirmed this to The Punch on Monday, February 19.

Odewumi said details of how the incident happened were not available, but there were insinuations that the deceased had left the cage opened while trying to feed the animal and got seized by the lion.

He, however, confirmed that a veterinary technologist, Olabode Olawuyi, was killed by a lion in the OAU zoological garden on Monday. He added that Olawuyi’s death was a loss to the entire OAU community.

He said: “A member of the association also working at the garden reported to me that the incident happened while the deceased was trying to feed the animal. Immediately, I heard of it, I contacted other people on campus. It is true that another staff also got injured.”