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Ilorin residents cry out for help as snakes take over city
Residents of Ilorin, the Kwara state capital have expressed concerns and worries over recent upsurge in the quantity of snakes around the town.
The development according to The Guardian sources showed that at least three patients are at present receiving treatments at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), from snake bites.
Besides, the state’s General Hospital along Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Ilorin, has some patients on admission over snakebites related cases.
A teacher at the University of Ilorin, department of Geography, AbdulRaheem Jimoh attributed the increase in the number of snakes to heavy rains that have led to the dislodgement of the snakes from their natural habitat.
But a source under condition of anonymity at the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA), said the development could not be divorced from unkempt and bushy environments.
The Guardian, July 7, 2018
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