Strange Thing Lagos family gives dog elaborate burial

A Lagos man has made history by giving his dog a state of the art burial with gun shot salute.

  A dog, Dr Papilo was given an elaborate burial.

It was really a sight to behold few days ago in Ikeja, Lagos State, at Oshifila Street, off Awolowo Way, to be precise, when a family gave its 15-year-old male Alsatian dog that passed on days earlier, a befitting and flamboyant burial to show how much it was loved.

The dog whose name was given as Dr. Papilo, had lived with the family all its life and when it died, it was given a burial rite that would make many human beings green with envy. Its final resting place was a 4-feet deep grave which was decorated with rose flowers in its owner’s hotel in Ikeja.

Not only that, a service of songs was held for Dr. Papilo while an army band played at the funeral with and released several gunshots as a sign of last respect for him just as a condolence register was opened for him at his owner’s resident.

The owner of the dog is said to be a very rich man who is into the hospitality business with a hotel in Ikeja.

He spoke at the burial of Dr. Papilo:

"My wife and I stayed together for some time without a child. Suddenly, people started calling us Papa and Mama Papilo. The dog travelled with me to Jos and Maiduguri.

While in Maiduguri, it was trained and used to hunt bombers. It was a unique dog. In the real sense, it was my first child. When I lost Papilo, I felt sad the same way I felt when I lost my wife. The dog was just too close to me.

Papilo confronted armed robbers some time ago and gave one of them a serious injury. The robber could not run further, and was later caught by the police. Everybody knew Papilo in this area.

I am missing the dog, and the other six dogs at the hotel are also missing Papilo because it was like their father. Here, we treat dogs like human beings. We give them the best food you could think of."