A two-year-old lion has been discovered in a residential building in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State.
The lion is believed to be owned by a yet to be named Indian national. The lion 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 that the lion is owned by an India National.
According to him, men of
the Nigeria Police Force have been deployed to the area to prevent the animal from coming out of the cage.
Egbeyemi also said 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.
NewTelegraph
