Osun state Waste Management Agency (OWMA), on Friday, ordered owners of the five goats arrested in Dele-Yesa area of Osogbo, the state capital on Tuesday to pay the sum of N10,000 each as fine into the coffers of the state government or forfeit the animals

The Director of Environmental Management and Sanitation Agency (OWMA), Mr Henry Ogunbanwo said any of the owners of the goats who failed to pay the fine within seven days would lose their animals.

He said the agency’s order was in tandem with the provisions of article 101 of the 2002 laws of Osun State which forbids rearing of animals in residential areas, pointing out that the agency had the backing of the court for its operations.
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While contending that OWMA had been legally empowered to arrest any stray animal roaming around residential areas within the state, Ogunbanwo disclosed that some owners of the arrested goats had approached the agency to claim their goats.

He said the owners of the animals are compelled by law to pay the prescribed fine or forfeit the ownership of the goats.

Ogunbanwo, who said his agency had before now been apprehending goats and other domestic animals, roaming the streets, said the arrested goats were capable of transmitting tuberculosis, anthrax and other zoonotis diseases

He warned owners of domestic animals in the state against allowing them to roamed the streets by keeping them in a cage to avoid being arrested by the agency.

A top government official in the state, who pleaded anonymity informed Saturday Tribune that “We are not going to release the goats until their owners show up.

They have to face prosecution for violating environmental laws of the state. If they refused to come out, the goats would remain where they are currently being kept.”

According to him, “There is a law governing the rearing of domestic animals. It is incumbent on the owners of these animals to keep them, such that they would not constitute nuisance to the environment.

“The arrested goats ran foul of the laws. We cannot charge them to court. But we are still waiting for their owners so that they can face the law for the offences committed by the goats,” he remarked.

However, investigations conducted by Saturday Tribune indicated that owners of domestic goats and dogs in Osogbo, the state capital, are now apprehensive over the fate of their pets as most of them are now locking up their goats in cages within their households so that officials of OWMA would not arrest them for flouting environmental laws.

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state of osun indeed. atleast the ten thousand workers must be paid

Nice one.

..that will be tantamount to infringement of goats' rights.

Since Nigeria is a democracy, even goats must abide by the rule of law.

Fine them big money, and make them pay dearly for being such baaaad baaad boys.

Here are some goats that were convicted of armed robbery, and who paid the ultimate price for their dastardly crimes.

I wonder if the cost of a goat is up to N10,000 in the state.
They could have made the fine high but still reasonably lower than the cost of the animal in the state so that the owners can come forward to claim them.
The state would spend more to hold and dispose them.

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The state would spend more to hold and dispose them.

Ha ha ha don't worry about "disposal" of the goats. They will be eaten by the police, who will then "leave no stone unturned" in their search for more suspects.

Goat owner: sir, i'm here for my goat
Director: are you with the money?
Goat owner: money for what?
Director: for the fine and is #10000
Goat owner:How much are they selling goat?Abeg keep the goat.
Director: Officer!!! Hope the knife is sharp coz you are now on an official animal slaugthering duty

Those five renegade goats must be sentenced to death, as a deterrent to other ungulates who may be tempted to break constituted law by wandering about aimlessly,and being unable to satisfactorily explain their "mission".

owners of domestic goats and dogs in Osogbo, the state capital, are now apprehensive over the fate of their pets as most of them are now locking up their goats in cages within their households so that officials of OWMA would not arrest them for flouting environmental laws

Though funny, it's Good to note that this action will instill some level of discipline and sensibleness into the heads owners of domestic animals...

That is very good, but in case where the owner of the goat refuse to show up, what is the fate of such goat? If it is a cow that is bigger and pig that is much sweet and chicken/turkey that has better taste what did the law says about them. Finaly are they going to aution it out or what is the case of disposing those animals.