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Mansur Abubakar Richard Hamilton
BBC News, Kano BBC World Service newsroom
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. The South African government has announced that it's tapping into its foreign reserves to try to reduce its enormous debts.
Abiodun Olanrewaju, the university's public relations officer, told the BBC The unusual move was announced by the finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, as he gave his budget speech in Cape Town.
that the South Africa's current borrowings are the highest since 1947 and more money is spent servicing the debts than on education and health.
incident happened while the zookeeper's female colleague was feeding the nine-year-old lion. The opposition has accused the governing ANC party of trying to sway voters ahead of the general election in May, which could see the party lose its majority for the first time since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.
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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