A two-year-old lion has been discovered in a residential building in
the Victoria Island area of Lagos State.
The lion said to be owned by a yet to be named Indian national, is
caged at Number 229, Muri Okunola Street in Victoria Island.
The Chairman of Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special
Offences, Yinka Egbeyemi, confirmed this to newsmen on Sunday.
According to him, men of the Nigeria Police Force have been deployed
in the area.
Egbeyemi also disclosed that efforts were ongoing by the state
government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to
evacuate the animal from the building.
He added that the Indian national who owns the lion has been invited
for questioning.
