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| BBC News, Kano | |
| A Nigerian zookeeper who lost his life saving his colleague from a lion has been described as a brave man. | |
| Olabode Olawuyi, who was in charge of the zoo at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife in Osun state, was attacked on Monday. | |
| Abiodun Olanrewaju, the university's public relations officer, told the BBC | |
| that the | |
| incident happened while the zookeeper's female colleague was feeding the nine-year-old lion. | |
| Mr Olanrewaju said one of the entrance doors to the lion’s den was not properly locked | |
| which enabled the animal to find its way out of its enclosure and attack the female zookeeper, whom he did not name. | |
| Mr Olawuyi immediately stepped into the | |
| lion’s den to rescue the woman when he was also attacked. | |
| Other members of staff who were at the scene of | |
| the incident did everything in their power to rescue him but the lion had | |
| already injured him severely, | |
| leading to his death. | |
| Mr Olanrewaju described Mr Olawuyi as a brave man for his efforts to rescue the female zookeeper. | |
| She is in hospital. It is unclear how bad her injuries are. | |
| “The incident is heartbreaking for all the staff | |
| and students of the university,” an | |
| emotional Mr Olanrewaju said. | |
| The | |
| university has now sealed off the zoological garden. | |
| Mr Olabode was a veterinary technologist and had been in charge of the zoological garden for over a decade. He | |
| was also the keeper of the nine-year-old lion. | |
| Following the incident the lion was shot dead. | |
| Mr Olanrewaju said that Mr Olawuyi's family has not yet set a date for his burial. | |
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