A 5-year-old girl child has died after she was devoured by two wild dogs in Osun State.
Daily Report Nigeria reports that the tragic incident occurred on Wednesday inside the Hallelujah estate in Osogbo, the Osun state capital.
The cross breed dogs were reported to have also descended on the mother after killing the child, leaving her with injuries on her buttock.
Our correspondent gathered that the mother was rescued from the dogs after residents in the scanty neighbourhood came to her rescue.
The woman and her little girl were said to be walking pass a completed vacant building in the area when the two dogs emerged to separate the two.
An eye witness account revealed that the dogs devoured the child while the helpless mother struggled in vain to rescue her.
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A resident identified as Sodiq Abass said the dogs were in the building alone for a very long time and attributed the incident to the absence of residents.
“The dogs appeared like they wanted to kill the mother after killing her daughter, but for some passers-by who saw the scene and quickly ran to call for help. It is unfortunate that help didn’t arrive on time for the little girl”, he said.
The incident was also confirmed by the Osun police command spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, saying that the police was making efforts to arrest the owner of the house.
The incident is coming just over a week after two dogs killed a boy child in Benin, Edo state.
