The migratory elephant found near a farm by some farmers in the Saki West Local Government Area of Oyo State is dead.
The Director of the University of Ibadan Zoological Garden, Dr Kabir Popoola, confirmed the death of the animal to our correspondent on the telephone on Friday.
It was said to have been transported from the bush to the UI zoo some weeks back but the news of the death of the animal was announced on Friday by a Facebook user, Adesope Habeeb.
Reactions have trailed the death of the animals since the news of its death was broken on Friday.
