Lagos Set To Enact Law Criminalising Keeping Of Dangerous Animals As Pets By Individuals

The Lagos State Government is to establish a law condemning the keeping of perilous creatures as pets by people. 


This pursues the catch and sedating of a two-year-old lion kept in a private property in Ikoyi, Lagos on Nov. 18. 

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) the Lagos State Attorney-General (AG) and Commissioner for Justice, made the exposure at a media conference held at the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday. 

Onigbanjo said that a Dangerous Animals Bill, which will punish wrongdoers and shield individuals from general society from hazardous creatures, was being drafted. 

He said it would before long be submitted to the Lagos State House of Assembly to be passed into law. 

"The bill is to deal with situations like what occurred at Ikoyi where an individual kept a lion in his home. 

"It will likewise cover circumstances where people keep risky pets and mutts which cause mischief to individuals from the general population," he said. 

Source: NAN

December 11, 2019