No fewer than five goats were yesterday arrested at Dele-Yesa area in Osogbo, the Osun State capital by officials of the state Waste Management Agency (OWMA) for allegedly violating environmental laws.
The state Coordinator of the agency, Mr. Henry Ogunbanwo said the goats would be charged to court by the agency and would be prosecuted in accordance with the laws guiding environmental protection in the state.
He said the state government had issued notice of warning to all residents of the state capital on the need to monitor their domestic animals to avoid public disturbance by the animals, which, he said, was against the environmental laws. Ogunbanwo disclosed that the five goats arrested were detained at the office of the agency in Osogbo from where they would be taken to court for prosecution.
He said the goats ran fowl of the laws guiding environmental protection by roaming around the residential area of Osogbo instead of being caged by their owners. He declared that the present administration in the state had zero tolerance for dirtiness and environmental hazard; hence the need for the enshrinement of the environmental laws, adding that the government would not take it lightly with violators of the laws According to him, officials of the agency would from now move to every nook and cranny of the state to arrest animals violating the state environmental laws, stressing that owners of such animals would also be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the laws.
He advised those rearing domestic animals to keep them in a cage to avoid arrest, insisting that his agency would not allow any animal to roam about on the streets of any town or village in the state. He urged those looking for their goats in Osogbo and its environs to check at the state office of OWMA in Osogbo.
Funny world.
hmm.. No be small thing
Good people, great nation
this is funny…. were the goats read their rights? will they be rehabilitated or sentence to jail? which judge will prosecute them and what statements did the goats write? this is the highest order of joblessness is it not that the owners should be fined ?
these is serious.how can u judge animals?nigerians are suffiring for things that are of more important then arresting animals.pls our leaders spend time & morney on things that will help our economic setuation
The Goats should be granted fair-hearing by appointing a He-goat to preside over the case.
Longtin, what of naija police wen dey distop d public wit siring? Small time dem go start dey arrest dog wen dey back.
Oyami lenu o, ahaha! eri awon were ti won sue akuya lo c co otu ah! Ni bi ti awon ti won ko woje tin kowo je.hmmmmm!
Lol……. Dis is funny. I tink dey wnt 2 sentenced dem inside der stomach