The Kebbi State government has expressed its readiness to establish a wildlife park for two strayed elephants currently roaming Tuga and Zaria Kala Kala in Bagudo and Koko-Besse local government areas.
Governor Atiku Bagudu said this yesterday while briefing journalists after a meeting with the delegates of the Conservator-General of the National Parks of Nigeria at the Government House in Birnin Kebbi.
Governor Bagudu said the options given to the state to conserve the elephants were either to establish Wildlife Park or Zoo for them.
The governor commended the people of Ruga/Zaria Kala Kala in Bagudo and Koko Besse local government areas of the state for taking care of the elephants.
Earlier, the Conservator-General, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Goni, who was represented by Dr Abdulrahman Muhammed, commended the state government and the people of the communities where the elephants were kept for protecting and feeding the animals.
He said he would write to President Muhammadu Buhari to seek his consent on the action to be taken on the affected elephants.
