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Chairman of Boki LGA in Cross River State, Eti-Eka Beatrice Etta Nyiam and country director of Wildlife Conservative Society, WCS, Andrew Dunn, have debunked the report by a member of the House of Representatives, Victor Abang, that elephants killed several persons and destroyed economic crops and houses in Bamba, Butatong and surrounding communities.

Speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives last week, Abang said the incidents were recorded when the animals left the confines of Okwango forest in the Cross River National Parks between January 6 and 15, as well as on February 8, 2025.

But speaking exclusively to DAILY POST, the Boki council chairman said, “That report is not correct at all. I have visited the particular communities. The natives all confirmed to me that the elephants didn’t kill anybody but that they actually destroyed several farmlands.”

Also speaking on the issue, Andrew Dunn denied that the elephants killed anyone.

He said, “I have field officers in those communities. There are other NGOs. All have confirmed that the elephants didnt kill the natives but that they actually destroyed farms.

“You may know that elephants have very strong sense of perceiving smells from very far distance. The elephants may have escaped from their confines in search of foods, especially fruits which smell may have attracted them.

“The elephants do not just attack humans except they are provoked. And the natives have a traditional way of scaring them back to their habitats, using native guns which they shoot into the air.”