Panic as Lagos residents kill three pythons

Left for the timely intervention of some security guards Attached to Greenland Estate in the Mende, Maryland area of Lagos State, three 30-foot pythons would have recked havoc to the residents of the area in the early hours of Tuesday.

According to a report by PUNCH Metro, the security guards and some squatters caught the three pythons this morning around 8am. The giant snakes were about 30-foot long said one of the guards.

This development brought panic to the residents of the estate as they lamented the incessant killing of pythons within the estate.

According to the The Vice Chairman of the estate, Sola Adekoya, “We have seen more than 15 pythons this year alone; the guards kill them regularly. The reason is that the canals are overgrown and the snakes always hide under the canals. We need government’s  intervention on time to avoid any tragedy.”

Expressing his fear, a visitor to the area, Adewale Adeoye, said that that he saw the three snakes when they were alive and that it has become a norm that residents of the area always stayed indoors at night for fear of being attacked by snakes.

Adeoye further urged the Lagos State Government to create a zoological garden for the animals to preserve them and generate income for the state.

“These snakes are worth a fortune abroad. The Lagos State Government should conduct a wildlife survey in order to preserve threatened animals and plants.

“How can you be talking of a mega city without a green zone or a biological garden? The young men have gone to sell the snakes for N10,000; a generation of rare animal species gone down the throat in less than 24 hours. This merely reflects poverty of ideas in governance.”