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Snakes have been found in Liberian President George Weah\u2019s office, forcing him to work from his private residence, the BBC has learnt.<\/p>\n

Press secretary Smith Toby told the BBC that on Wednesday two black snakes were found in the foreign affairs ministry building, site of the official office.<\/p>\n

All staff have been told to stay away until 22 April.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just to make sure that crawling and creeping things get fumigated from the building,\u201d Mr Toby said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosts the office of the president, so it did an internal memo asking the staff to stay home while they do the fumigation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A FrontPage Africa newspaper video shows workers trying to attack the snakes when they appeared near the building\u2019s reception.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe snakes were never killed,\u201d Mr Toby said. \u201cThere was a little hole somewhere [through which] they made their way back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police and presidential security were seen guarding Mr Weah\u2019s residence in the capital Monrovia. A fleet of vehicles including escorts jeeps were parked outside.<\/p>\n

Mr Toby said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs started to fumigate on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat building\u2019s been there for years now, and [because of] the drainage system, the possibility of having things like snakes crawling in that building was high,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The president is definitely returning to his official office on Monday after the fumigation whether or not the snakes are found and killed, Mr Toby said.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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