The appearance of a crocodile in an office at the Baruten Local Government Council Secretariat at Kosubosu in Kwara on Friday caused pandemonium, forcing workers to scamper for their safety.

When a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria visited the secretariat, workers were seen in groups discussing the incident.

Some workers said that the reptile was sighted behind a door by a worker, Haruna Hussein.

According to one of the workers, Hasheem Tijani, the movement of the reptile behind the door of one of the offices attracted the attention of Hussein, who raised an alarm on sighting it.

Tijani said that workers in their offices ran out when the alarm was raised but some brave men later went back to the office with stones, sticks and cutlasses to kill the reptile.

He said that no one could actually explain how the reptile got into the office.

Mr. Tijani described the appearance of the crocodile as the strangest thing to happen in the history of the council.

According to him, the secretariat is clean without bushes around the premises for a crocodile or any animal to enter the office.

“It is a strange thing seeing a crocodile in our office. There is no river near us to suggest that it might come from the river and our environment is not bushy.

“Also, today is not Monday so that we would have said it hid there over the weekend,” he said.

The official said that workers were in the office on Thursday and that the door was locked after close of work.

After the reptile was killed and taken away, normal activities resumed at the secretariat.

The-j:
Please is dis the crocodile or the poster is trying to let us know what crocodile is?

iterator25: Awon iyami nile tawa have upgraded to crocodile. Seems cats and birds aren't making much impact again

gwas: Odikwa serious

JECBOSS:
http://premiumtimesng.com/news/national/147297-crocodile-causes-scare-council-secretariat-kwara.html

Jarus: I also saw suddenly saw a lizard on my windscreen while driving two days ago. I staggered to park. Somebody helped me drive it home. I have not touched teh car till now.

Narrated the story to my facebook followers yesterday:

STRANGE LIZARD IN FRONT OF MY WINDSCREEN: I actually thought I was strong , but my experience yesternight scared the hell out of me. Didn't drive to work , but got home early enough to still use the car to check a friend that lives kilometers away. I was on highway (Lekki-Epe expressway, before Sangotedo), when I suddenly saw a lizard in front of my windscreen, in-between stationary wipers. The lizard was just, just panting, but not moving. It Was around 8pm. The scene scared me. iI must confess I was scared, especially given the suddenness with which it appeared, and I had driven 3 kilometres without seeing anything earlier. I staggered to park, ck, picked my phone and came out of the car. Then told people I saw by roadside why I stopped so abruptly. I couldn't go near the car, but a security man around used his torch to view windscreen, but didn't see anything. He said mine was the 3rd case he heard, and indeed, a neighbour, pointing to his house, also experienced same - lizard suddenly appearing on his dashboard - recenty, and he was part of the team that sent the lizard away. I also remember reading story of Femi Kuti recently, claiming he also saw a lizard in front of his car on Third Mainland Bridge, and created a Scene(I saw the pics on the internet recently). Now, I have not said this is necessarily mysterious and not possibly a case of stray lizard finding its way on a car when parked, but questions I want answered are: 1, my wife drove the car all day yesterday, and only parked it less than 1 hours bfore I took charge, it is hard to believe lizard found its way into the car bonnet(which was hot) within that 1 hour. 2, the suddenness was strange to me. 3, I have read about Femi Kuti's case and one of the bystanders claimed mine was the 3rd case of lizard-suddenly-appearing - on-car dashboard/windscreen he was seeing. Could all be cases of stray lizards? Why lizards always? Well, after the stir died down, I was afraid of driving the car, and was driven home by one of the guys around the scene yesternight, initially refusing to enter the car, but after finding taxi to no avail, joined the guy, sitting at the back and reciting plenty kursiyyu and qul ahuth all through the ride home. I haven't come near the car till now.