Officers of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have surrounded a house being guarded by a lion on Muri Okunola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Chairman of Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences Yinka Egbeyemi who confirmed this on Sunday November 17, said the lion is caged at No 229 Muri Okunola Street on Victoria Island, Lagos.
The animal reportedly belongs to an Indian, who rented an apartment in the house.
Egbeyemi noted that the Indian might also be prosecuted as he would have to explain how he brought the carnivore into the state.
He said, “Our Black Maria and men have been on the premises since Friday and that they will remove the animal on Monday. The lion would be subsequently transferred to a zoo.
Egbeyemi noted that the Indian might also be prosecuted as he would have to explain how he brought the carnivore into the state.
