Invasion by monkeys from natural habitat is forcing many residents of Soluyi/Sosanya Community in Gbagada, Lagos State, to flee. Some of the residents told the News men in Lagos on Monday that they could no longer withstand the situation.

They called on the state government to save the community from the trouble, saying that the animals forced their ways into their rooms, destroying window and door nets, food stuffs and other items.

The Chairman of the community’s Landlord Association, Mr Adigun Olaleye, said that it had become difficult for the community to curtail the monkeys and their destructive attitude.

He said that the invasion might have resulted from the nearness of the community to a swamp forest that separated the community from Ifako area.



According to him, the monkeys come into residences at any time including early morning and gain entrance into rooms even if the houses are locked.

Olalaye told the News men that the community had written a letter to the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture as regards the situation but had yet to get a relief.

“They said we would have to pay for them to come and pack the monkeys,” he said. He said that the invasion had been on for years but recently became unbearable.

Olaleye appealed to the state government to urgently intervene.

Narrating her ordeal, a journalist who lives in the community, Mrs Funmilola Gboteku, told the News men that the monkeys had forced her family to flee.

“Many times, these monkeys come to the neighbourhood to destroy our property. Once they see food items inside a house, they direct all their energies at gaining entrance forcefully.



“The monkeys are in the habit of tearing the protective nets on windows to gain entrance and eat whatever they find in the house.“I have had to replace the protective nets several times; I am tired of doing it.

“I have been locking my windows but locking of windows has disadvantages; there is no cross ventilation in the house, and as a result, we suffer heat,’’ she told the News men.

Another landlord, Mr Oluwatosin Aregbesola, told the News men that his tenants were no longer feeling safe in the house because of the monkeys.

“The monkeys enter kitchens to eat our soups and any food stuff on the shelf.

“The day I tried to catch one of them, the monkey attacked me by using its long nails to punch a hole on my neck and scratch my face,” he said. Aregbesola appealed to the state government to save the community from the menace.

http://thenationonlineng.net/residents-invade-lagos-community/

Looking for more money to swallow? Abeg monkey, since you're in Lagos you can visit Bourdilion. A lot of stolen cash to swallow are there

They called on the state government to save the community from the trouble, saying that the animals forced their ways into their rooms, destroying window and door nets, food stuffs and other items

Lagosians are by far the most pathetic and cowardly people in Nigeria

Calling on Govt to come rescue you from Monkeys? Something that is considered a delicacy in Delta state?

Yes ooo or Ambode's house

kimjongJezebel:
Looking for more money to swallow? Abeg monkey, since you're in Lagos you go to Bourdilion

Just give them money, they will leave.

BlowBack:


Lagosians are by far the most pathetic and cowardly people in Nigeria

Calling on Govt to come rescue you from Monkeys? Something that is considered a delicacy in Delta state?

I wonder oooo

Which money the people of Gbagada get? Can't the monkeys go to Banana Island or VGC?

Sirmuel1:
Just give them money, they will leave.

Come on!
This is 'manna' from heaven.
Enjoy...

Any useless monkeys that come into my area ,we have itself blames in my pot of soup ..what is government or who is government in Nigeria, is it the same government that permitted the foreigners to kill her citizens in the name of herds or cow colonies ..will come up with tangible action ?

Planet of the ape comes to mind

Monkey! So the 70 million u swallowed is not enough?

These are Monkey-Witches. Tell Buraitai to dance Monkey-Dance to get rid of these New Children of Mama Bokoharam. Lagos is no Monkey land. So no Monkey emirate or Enugu Road.

Where are the modafuckin monkeys?

Haba

Flee kwa? Are Nigerians now tired of bushmeat since we eat anything?

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That is an ambush

Armed robbers are finally learning something from our polithieftians

Rather than carry out a robbery themselves, they just send a troop of monkeys to do the job

As

Isn’t this very pathetic. You moved into their territory and decided that you want to be living there, now you are complaining just because the monkeys chose to scavenge for food within an area that was rightfully theirs.

Shameless monkeys, thier mate dey swallow money dem dey swallow soup

Nawao

Rat to snake to monkey...

Lolk

Some pple will be very happy at this news.. endless bushmeat, no more hunger

So nobody's talking about MMM again? The founder just died o

News at 8 will be like...over 200 million lost to monkey invasion.

And they couldn't even snap a pic of the rogue primates?

Pure lie. Nigerians are not patient with animals like that. They would have turned that place to monkey hunting competition. Besides, there is no way they will
See something like that, that the pics will not have gone viral. Many reports now are nothing but bs.

They should be worried about their money than their lives

Ants are invading my neighborhood

“The monkeys enter kitchens to eat our soups and
any food stuff on the shelf.
oro jati jati