Thunderstorm on Tuesday killed seven cows in Elepo Village, Ifon Osun, Orolu Local Government Area of Osun State.
The incident happened around 3:16 am in the village when the cows were struck by lightning inside their ranches. The owner has been charged to burn them.
Confirming the incident, the Seriki of Fulani Community, Osun State, Sulaiman Oloruntoyin described it as unfortunate and sad.
He said the cows were killed as a result of the thunder that struck the place they were kept at the early hours of Tuesday.
“The owner of the cows is one Alhaji Abdullahi and we have commenced investigation to the cause of the unpleasant incident,” he ended.
The incident which reportedly occurred during an early morning rain, threw the village into panic.
The cows were said to have been tethered in a place in the village, when a loud deafening noise was heard around where the animals were kept.
Seven of them were found dead after the incident, though there were more cows on tether at the spot that were not affected.
A resident of Ifon, Alao Saheed, while commenting, said it was the first time such an incident would occur in the town.
He called on relevant government agencies to move to the scene of the incident and evacuate the dead animals to prevent the outbreak of an epidemic.
Oloruntoyin told our correspondent that the cows belongs to Alhaji Abdullahi, son of Seriki Fulani of Ifon Orolu.
Seriki added, “I was told that the cows belong to Alhaji Abdullahi, son of Seriki Fulani of Ifon. I was told the incident happened before daybreak during rainfall that occurred in the early hours of today.
“Those animals that died were not the only ones at the spot where the thunder truck them. They belong to Alhaji Abdullahi, son of Seriki Fulani of Ifon Orolu. I will give you details later please. Seven cows died in the village.”
