Johannesburg - A Rwandan man who breached government’s instruction to stay at home during the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown to go fishing, has been killed and eaten by a crocodile, the New York Post reported.

Alice Kayitesi, the mayor of the southern Kamonyi district, confirmed the incident, which took place in the Nyabarongo river on Wednesday.

The victim’s name and age have not been made public yet.

"He had broken the stay-home rule, he’s among very few people here who are not cooperating with the lockdown to stop the virus," Kayitesi told BBC news.

Rwanda's government had urged citizens to stay at home from Sunday in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19.