Reports reaching us indicate that a lion has escaped from the Jos Wildlife Park in Jos, Plateau State.
The report monitored on Television Continental, TVC, said that the lion escaped on Tuesday morning and that efforts to recapture the lion remained unsuccessful.
According to the report, the Joint Military Task Force, JTF operatives in Jos are tracking the lion around the wild life park environment and public have being advised to stay away.
Meanwhile, the Acting General Manager, Plateau Toursim Corporation, John Doy, has confirmed that the lion escaped “at about 8 a.m. while it was being fed”.
Doy said 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 said.
The acting general manager said that he had already informed all security agencies to come to the Park’s assistance.
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