On 14th September 2016 being Wednesday , at Odo Mubo community, near Laula Asalasi in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. An eighteen fit long python snake killled a Nupe man identified as JIMO E. MOHAMMED killed the python snake two days after Eid-El-Kabri festival.
According to him, it has been a while he started monitoring the snake after he has been informed by the people of Mubo Street.
When he saw the snake for the first time in that river, it ran away and it was too dangerous for him to go after it, so he left it that day.
He further noted that when he arrived at Mubo river early Yesterday morning on the said day, he found that the python has swallowed a pig. This according to him helped to ease his attack on the snake.
JIMO who said that he killed the snake with mere cutlass, added that this is not the first time he have killed Python with cutlass. He revealed that this marks it the eight one he has killed.
When interrogated on how he has summon that courage to killed the snake, Jimo said that it is what he has been exposed to since his tender age by his father.
Accordingly, when asked about possibly safety measures people can adopt when come across Python snake, Mr. Jimo said that one should only pray not to come across it. He added further that python becomes more angry when one run after it. However, there is no safety measures than to pray not to come across it.
Eye witness
Peter Idowu Jiya
Ilorin, Kwara State.
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