Imo State Zoo workers protest relocation of animals to Plateau, 10-month unpaid salaries

A dark ambiance took over the Imo State Zoo in Owerri over an alleged relocation of the power’s animals to Jos, Plateau.

A go to to the zoo at about 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, confirmed members of employees watching as individuals alleged to have come from Jos took the animals away.

A number of the staffers protested the efforts of the guests, lamenting non-payment of their salaries for a interval of 10 months.

They puzzled why the zoo, which is the lone zoo within the South-East geopolitical zone, can be emptied with out enough explanations from the authorities.

A employees who pleaded anonymity stated, “That is the one zoo within the southeast. The one technique of preserving wildlife in the complete geopolitical zone. It beats my creativeness that this has to occur.”

One other member of employees stated: “We’ve not been paid for 10 months. Since we weren’t paid whereas we saved the animals, who is aware of what is going to turn out to be of us now that the animals are not any extra ?”

The Zoo Keeper, Nkiruka Onyeagocha, who declined feedback, nevertheless, watched relatively gloomily because the animals had been taken away.

There was a heavy presence of armed policemen on the zoo because the animals had been taken away utilizing trapping gear.

A number of the animals being taken away included ostriches, three lions, hyenas and pythons amongst others.

(NAN)