Anti- Herdsmen: Lightning strikes cows to death second time in Ondo

Fulani herdsmen who accompanied cows at a mountain in Oyinmo Quarters, Ikare Akoko, Ondo State, fled for their lives when lightning killed no fewer than eight cows.

Reports gathered that the incident happened late on Tuesday, barely a month after 36 cows were killed by lightning in Ijare town in Ifedore Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that the eight cows, owned by some Fulani herdsmen, were struck dead while grazing on top of the mountain. The two Fulani herders who accompanied the cows were said to have fled the scene after the incident.

However, a source disclosed that five men have been arrested by the men of the state police command for buying the dead cows from the Fulani herders.

The source said, “Immediately after the cows were struck dead, the two Fulani boys that followed the cows, rushed to the butchers in town and sold the cows to them at cheaper prices. But the police got to know of it and arrested all of them.”

Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Joseph said the investigation had commenced into the matter.

“It was the environment officers that discovered that the Fulani boys were selling the contaminated cows to the butchers and reported to us. So about four butchers have been arrested and one herder on the matter. We will charge them to court after the completion of our investigation.”

The state chairman of the Maiyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Alhaji Garuba Bello, when contacted, said he had not been briefed about the development.