URGENT: Tell Nigerian Officials to Take Action Against Animal Torturer!
Note: There are NO graphic visuals in this alert.
PETA has received disturbing reports of yet another sadistic individual in Nigeria styling himself as a “native doctor” and posting videos of himself torturing and killing animals on Facebook and TikTok using the profile name “Oba Ogun.” Some videos show the man cutting, beheading, and boiling live animals—including a newborn puppy and some kittens—while others show animals bound and helpless or writhing in pain. He appears to be operating in the state of Lagos or Ogun in Nigeria, and he includes a WhatsApp number, presumably so he can solicit requests and money for his gruesome “services.” We’ve removed links to the videos to avoid driving traffic to these accounts and incentivizing further cruelty, but an e-mail we sent to Nigerian officials can be seen here for those interested in further information.
Section 495 of Nigeria’s Criminal Code Act prohibits torturing animals and causing them unnecessary suffering. Section 450 prohibits the unlawful wounding and killing of animals. The actions in these videos appear to violate both. PETA immediately alerted Nigerian officials, but we’ve yet to receive a response—and without immediate action, animals will surely continue to suffer!
Please politely contact the following officials in Nigeria, urging them to investigate this matter using the information provided to them by PETA and intervene swiftly, before more animals suffer:
Abiodun Alamutu
Commissioner
Ogun State Police Command
[email protected]
Adegoke M. Fayoade
Commissioner
Lagos State Police Command
[email protected]
Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun
Inspector General
Nigeria Police Force
[email protected]
Oluwasina Ogungbade
Attorney General and Minister of Justice
Ogun State
[email protected]
Lawal Pedro
Attorney General and Minister of Justice
Lagos State
[email protected]
Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi
Attorney General
Federal Ministry of Justice
[email protected]
Dapo Abiodun
Governor
Ogun State
[email protected]
Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Governor
Lagos State
[email protected]
Balarabe Abbas Lawal
Minister of Environment
Nigerian Ministry of Environment
[email protected]
[email protected]
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President
Federal Republic of Nigeria
[email protected]
Godswill Akpabio
President of the Senate
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Abbas Tajudeen
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Federal Republic of Nigeria
[email protected]
The National Assembly
Federal Republic of Nigeria
[email protected]
Yusuf Maitama Tuggar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
[email protected]
