berem: Abeg anybody wey see Lion and Tiger for im house make we know! The flood don carry all the wild animals comot for jungle come enter pesin house! Wahala dey o!

virtuoso01: Dangerous animals, including crocodiles, snakes and hippos, have found their way into homes and communities in central Nigeria after devastating flooding, residents say.

The creatures were carried along flood-swollen rivers, say the authorities.

"There is now a hippopotamus in [my] house," Benue state resident Wuese Jirake told the BBC. "I hope that when it is tired, it may leave myhome."
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the flooding.

Hundreds also died in the worst flooding in decades.

Vast tracts of farmland have been completely destroyed.

Mr Jirake told the BBC he had returned to his home to find it occupied by the hippo.

"This morning I visited my house. It is still inundated with the flood waters above my waist. There is now a hippopotamus in the house," he said.
He said he had reported the situation to the authorities.

"I hope that when it is tired, it may leave my home. If there is any other way of dealing with the problem, the authorities need to pursue that because it is beyond my abilities."

Similar situations have been reported in the towns of Makurdi, Agatu, Logo and Adoka, says the BBC's Is'haq Khalid.

Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency says it is working hand in hand with the Benue state government and other relevant agencies to ensure the flood victims return to their homes.

The co-ordinator of the agency in north-central Nigeria, Abdussalam Muhammad, told the BBC that it was not safe for people to go back to their houses because of the presence of the dangerous animals.

"Presently there are crocodiles and snakes as well as other dangerous animals brought in by the floodwaters that are living in those houses, so, if the people return, it will be harmful to them and they will put their lives at risk," he said.
He said people should wait for instructions after the floodwaters have subsided.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19818180

Kay-Dee:
We have Hippos ? Cool !!

Todaynatoday: h i p for the hip for the hip
p o p o for the hippopo
and t a m u s for the hippopotamus.
HIPPOPOTAMUS!

Horus:

Ileke-IdI:


That hippo looks better and weighs lighter than the mama Ngozi across my street.

pro01: Someone needs to show them what a Hippo looks like - just to make sure that's what they saw. Personally, I don't think I'll live to tell the story if I ever encounter anything this ugly in my own home. Such lethal ugliness cannot be survived. . .na to die straight.

bibiking7:

i am surprised too...... so we have hippos... damn.

SimplySEA: where were you last yr when news carried the visuals of 2hippos seen in d Benue river? I saw it live. I schooled there and was fortunate to be in town then! For snakes, no doubt. Makurdi na house of snake. For crocs, i no now, but i won't be surprised sha

gbadexy: I didn't know too that we have hippos in Nigeria.
I wonder how many wild animals we have in nigeria.

itzlazzy:


people took their familiez 2 go n c hippoz @ wurukum

#no lie

Todaynatoday: h i p for the hip for the hip
p o p o for the hippopo
and t a m u s for the hippopotamus.
HIPPOPOTAMUS!

gbadexy: I didn't know too that we have hippos in Nigeria.
I wonder how many wild animals we have in nigeria.

DeCleff:

Wow! Who said there are no opportunities in every disaster? I see a better opportunity to fill some our zoo with all these animals.

Let relevant authorities take positve steps now & get those animals alive because we need them in our various zoo across the country.

PAGAN 9JA:



are you st.upid or what? why make innocent animal suffer in cage. some human na deserve be in cage, roam free. let suthorities put them in zoo.

emeka.D.:
Chai BBC! Hippos ke