Nigeria, July 28 -- The Kano State Zoological Garden has evacuated a python and a lion from the residence of Ahmed Idris, a former Accountant General of the Federation.

The facility's managing director, Sadiq Muhammad, announced the development after the animals, including a crocodile and a lion cub, reportedly escaped from their cage in Mr Idris' house, causing fear in the densely populated Mandawa residential area of the Kano metropolis.

Mr Muhammad told local radio stations that the state government had evacuated the animals following the panic in the area. He said Mr Idris voluntarily handed over the animals to the zoo, and they are now in the zoo's custody.

He said Mr Idris had a licence to keep the animals and that they had not r...