Police React As Herdsmen Lose Cows To ‘Thunder Strike’ In Ondo
A strange thunder caused apprehension at Ijare community in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State after striking over thirty cows to death.
Some herdsmen were said to have climbed to the top of the Oke-Owa hill in the community to graze their cows when lightning struck the herds to death.
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The hill, according to reports, is a sacred place where the king of the community performs some rituals annually.
Channels TV quoted sources in the community as saying the incident was the wrath of their gods on the herdsmen.
The source said the gods became angry because herdsmen desecrated the sacred land.
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The herdsmen were said to have been warned against grazing on the sacred mountain by the community’s chiefs, but that they were adamant.
Reacting, High Chief Wemimo Olaniran, the Sapetu of Ijare kingdom, said the incident was not strange to the community.
Olaniran said similar events had happened to people who desecrated the sacred mountain in the past.
The spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Femi Joseph, however described the incident as a natural disaster.
