Three retired senior Police, Navy and DSS officers have been arrested alongside a security guard over the illegal possession of a lion in a residential building on 229, Muri Okunola Street in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The two-year-old lion named ‘Kiara’ believed to be owned by a yet-to-be-identified Indian man was discovered and taken to a zoo in the state by the State after other residents raised alarm.

Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and special offences, Olayinka Egbeyemi, who spoke to Channels Television explained that the three retired officers, who double as Chief Security Officer to the cat owner, said they were aware of the presence of Kiara within the building since it arrived.

Although the Indian owner is yet to present himself to the authorities for questioning, the four arrested have been transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Depart (SCIID) in Yaba for further investigation and possible charges.

Meanwhile, the lion is in a stable condition after regaining consciousness and has acclimatised to its new environment.

The lion was tranquilised and taken to a zoo in Lekki on Monday.