The Sapetu of Ijare, Chief Wemimo Olaniran, has described the killing of thirty six cows on a hill in the sleepy town as God fighting back.
No fewer than 36 cows owned by a Fulani herder, simply identified as Ladam, were killed by thunder in Ijare, Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Speaking to newsmen on the incident, Olaniran said pasturing the cows on the hill, which he described as a holy place smacked heresy adding that it was met with infuriation by the community indigenes.
According to him: “The place where the cows died is called ‘Owa’ normally visited once in a year by the Olujare, where he will stay for a day, he will be there for seclusion to perform some traditional rites and no individual is allowed to go to that place.
“Five days before now, we learnt that Fulani men were there and they built their tent there. We prayed to God to save us, to intervene because we don’t want anything to desecrate the place because it is a very special place as far as Ijare community is concerned.”
