There was pandemonium at a court in Ejigbo, Lagos, after a snake was discovered in the chambers of one of the Magistrates.
The incident which occurred at about 8:30am on Monday terrified the court support staff, who were at the time preparing to receive the newly posted Magistrate, Akeem Fashola.
The Nation gathered that the Magistrate, who resumed duty at the court premises and had sat on his desk, did not know there was a green snake beside his table.
“Oga was in the office and he had sat down for some time. He stood up and went into the toilet to allow the cleaner continue sweeping when she got close to his seat.
“It was the cleaner’s scream that attracted all our attention. She said as she was sweeping, her broom swept something that was heavy.
“And she looked up and realised it was a green snake. And the snake at the same time, skipped to the other side of the office, near the cabinets, where it hid.
“It was at the point that we came in and killed the snake. We are really shocked because no one could explain how the snake entered the chambers,” a court worker said.
When The Nation went round the premises to find out if there are bushes, it was observed that the place was clean.
However, litigants said there was a possibility that the snake crawled from the International Airport which shares a common boundary with the court.
They appealed to relevant federal government agencies in charge of maintaining the airports to clear the bushes and fumigate the general area to avoid any misfortune.
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