The 35-year-old zookeeper was killed on Sept. 28 at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Wildlife Park in Abeokuta, the capital of Nigeria's Ogun state, according to the BBC and multiple local Nigerian news outlets. The zookeeper was identified as Babaji Daule, according to the outlets, and was described as a trained lion handler.

A zookeeper was mauled to death by a lion while taking people to see him feed it after his wildlife park had closed, according to officials. Babaji Daule, a 35-year-old trained lion handler, was bitten in the neck Saturday after agreeing to take guests into the enclosure even though they arrived after hours at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Wildlife Park in Nigeria,