Mr Donbest stated that there had been some success find a few of those who had escaped.
“We’ve been in a position to recapture the ostrich seen on the road and we additionally bought a name {that a} crocodile had been present in one other location however we can not get there because of the floods,” he stated.
He additionally stated the cages the place the lions and hyenas had been stored had been submerged by floodwaters however can not inform if that they had escaped.
The zoo boss defined that the flood had broken a few of its partitions enabling the animals to roam free.
Nonetheless, not all of the creatures noticed on the streets could also be from the zoo.
“We bought a report {that a} hippo was seen someplace and we do not have hippos within the zoo, so the waters may also disperse animals from different places too,” he stated.
Maiduguri resident Ishaq Sani advised the BBC his largest concern in the meanwhile is to come back throughout a wild animal.
He deserted his house because of the floods and is now staying with a good friend in one other location.
To date. there haven’t been any reviews of animals attacking people.
That is the most recent incident in a sequence of floods which have hit Nigeria just lately. Greater than 170 folks have died and tens of 1000’s have been pressured from their properties throughout the nation, Nigeria’s Nationwide Emergency Administration Company has stated.