Nigerians on social media have reacted to the photos of an elephant spotted in Ikuru town in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Wednesday.
It was gathered that the elephant came out of the forest briefly and went back in. This is coming after one Goodwin Omayi took to his Facebook page to share photos of the animal.
Sharing the photos, Godwin wrote; “In Ikuru Town Andoni, today witnessed how nature unveiled its deposit, was beautiful. Ikuru Town home of tourism”
See reactions below;
@Lattop wrote; ‘Make the whole community no go butcher the beautiful gift of Nature to quench Hunger oo’
@ButterBerry wrote; ‘Government should make sure they’re safe oo. Nigerian can eat anything eatable oo’
@gasparpisciotta wrote; ‘Hope they are animal lovers in that community, otherwise sorry maybe the case of that elephant. On the other hand they better stay at a safe distance cos when an elephant feels threatened it can attack. Nice tusk anyway.’
@Iceman2017 wrote; ‘I can’t believe this happen in Nigeria, under this Buhari regime and nobody killed the elephant. Truly, nothing amazes me anymore.’
@Someone wrote; ‘That elephant is critically endangered as biologists would say.’
See photos below;