ODD! Dogs Arrested And Detained In Lagos

Detained Dog

Two rampaging dogs that attacked three siblings, injuring one of them on the skull in Igando area of Lagos State, Nigeria have been arrested and arraigned before journalists by the Lagos State Police Command. Police also arrested the owner of the dogs for allowing them to have unrestrained freedom.

The incident was reported to the Igando Police Station, and the arrest was made while the victims have been taken to a hospital, where they are receiving treatment.

The Commissioner of Police, CP, for Lagos State, Aderanti Cornelius Kayode said the dogs had been examined and been found to be disease-free. “We have brought the dogs out so that the public would know that they are still in police custody. They have been examined and show no negative trait. It is only the court that will decide what happens to them. The police cannot decide to kill the dogs.” Said the CP.

While the public awaits the arraignment of the dogs in the court, it is suffice to say that this case would not be the only unusual incident when animals would face the full wrath of the law.

Bizarre Stories Of Animals Jailed Elsewhere

1. On Saturday 27 April, 2013, a carnival goat became entangled in a messy murder case involving some youths in Sango Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria.

The youths were gathered to prepare for a carnival when an argument broke out between some of them, leading to one of the boys, identified as Dayo, breaking a bottle and using it to stab 24-year-old Azeez Salako in the neck and he bled to death.

Everyone scampered from the crime scene and by the time the police arrived, only the cow, which had been bought to be slaughtered during the carnival, was left behind. The police detained the cow and dragged it to the police station. No human arrests were made.

The cow detained at a police station over murder

2. On 4 June, 2013, a criminal cat was arrested by Russian police near the city of Syktyvkar in the Komi province after it was caught attempting to smuggle mobile phones and chargers into a Russian prison.

With a cat's natural athleticism and the agility needed to scale prison walls, picking an easily-turned feline seemed like an inspired choice to carry out the illegal operation. However, the plot was foiled when prison officials spotted the items taped onto the black and white cat's belly as it sat perched on top of a fence.

3. Also, in June 2013, three goats were detained by Indian law enforcement officers after they were accused of damaging a police vehicle. The animals were grabbed and placed in a cage after the authorities became annoyed with their alleged persistent vandalism. The final straw came when the goats were blamed for damaging a brand new police car.

The police identified the owner as 37-year-old Mary Arogynathan and filed a complaint against the woman. The animals were eventually released to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).

4. In 2008, a burro (a small donkey) bit and kicked two men near a ranch in Chiapas state in Mexico. It was later detained a cell that normally holds people who are arrested for public drunkenness and other disturbances.

The donkey remained behind bars at the police station until its owner agreed to pay the men's medical bills. The owner, Mauro Gutierrez, reached a friendly arrangement to pay the men's bills, estimated at $420.

The victims said that the donkey bit Genaro Vazquez, 63, in the chest and then kicked 52-year-old Andres Hernandez as he tried to come to the rescue, fracturing his ankle.

5. Back to Nigeria. In 2009, Police in Ilorin, Kwara State arrested a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.

Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323.

"The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat," the then Kwara state police spokesman Tunde Mohammed told reporters.

Belief in witchcraft is widespread in parts of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation.