Unusual: A crocodile has walked around Lomé - the restaurant closest to the area reacts.

Last updated January 6, 2022 at 12:28 AM

A video showing a crocodile in the city of Lomé has made the buzz in Togo. A restaurant close to the place reacts.

A video has circulated several times in social networks showing a crocodile crossing a road to enter a bush. Rumor has it the area is close to Blue Turtle Bay, one of Lomé's most famous restaurants.

The restaurant management makes a public announcement to reassure customers and prevent this buzz spreading false information.

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Crocodile info details from Blue Turtle Bay management

A crocodile is walking around Lomé - the restaurant closest to the area reacts. — Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay

“… Contrary to rumors circulating on social media, we want to reassure our customers that there are no crocodiles at Blue Turtle.” Says the management. She then gives details of the exact area where the famous crocodile resides.

“… The crocodile that was sighted comes from the green area above the Blue Turtle field and outside our enclosure (over 700 meters from our nearest restaurant). ”

The management of Blue Turtle nevertheless reassures that the situation is being taken in hand by the competent authorities.

”… The Ministry of the Environment and Forest Resources has made the necessary arrangements for everything, first of all to limit its area of movement, then to capture and evacuate it safely. Specialists have been working hard since yesterday, spotted theanimal and clarified that it was a young crocodile, which cannot harm a human being at this stage. ”

We urge you at TediDev not to try to verify if a crocodile is harmless when young or not. The restaurant management also continues with this message.

”… We would like to point out that the green zone is not accessible and we do not recommend that the curious come to witness its capture so as not to frighten the animal and to let the specialists work in peace. ”

For the rest, here is the image of the original message.