Shocking: Thunder Strike 38 Cows Dead In Ondo Community

Thirty-eight cows were reportedly struck dead late Saturday by thunderbolt on top of a sacred hill at Ijare town in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The dreadful hill known as ‘Oke Owa’ was located on the outskirts of the sleepy community.

Sources said only the town’s monarch(Olujare,)and some chiefs normally visit the town once in a year.

This is usually during the celebration of the new yam festival to perform some rituals.

An indigene of the town , whose house was on the way to the hilltop said the incessant striking of thunderbolts accompanied the evening rain made them suspecting the strange occurrence.

It was learned that nobody knew that the thunder had actually caused havoc until a hunter came in the morning to reveal that during his hunting expedition, he saw some dead cows on the hilltop.

This development gingered the traditional ruler of the town, the Olujare of Ijare, Oba Adebamigbe Oluwagbemigun Kokotiri 11 to send a delegation of chiefs to report to the police and visited the scene to assess what actually happened.

The incident consequently attracted several people in the community especially youths who trooped to the hill to see wonders.

At the hilltop, there were 36 dead cows lying flatly on the ground without any mark on their bodies.

Speaking with reporters, the Olujare of Ijare, who spoke through his second in command, Chief Wemimo Olaniran, the Sapetu of Ijare, it was an act of God.

The Sapetu of Ijare said the herdsmen had been destroying their farmland for a very long time which had led to a confrontation on many occasions.

He said it was surprising to them when they heard five days ago that some Fulanis were ascending the sacred hill to settle after they had destroyed many farmlands and created fears in the minds of the people.

His words” We were there this morning and we saw about 36 cows dead apart from the one inside the bush. It has happened and there is nothing we can do, we regard it as the act of God which nobody can be queried.

“There had been occasions like that but not as massive we are having it now, to some individuals who desecrated the land. In the past, we did witness thunderbolt attack, when you desecrated any part of Ijare particularly the sacred places.