{"id":750966,"date":"2019-11-24T11:03:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T11:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/24\/lightning-kills-19-cows-in-osun-state\/"},"modified":"2019-11-24T11:03:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T11:03:27","slug":"lightning-kills-19-cows-in-osun-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/24\/lightning-kills-19-cows-in-osun-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Kills 19 Cows In Osun State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_708925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-708925\" style=\"width: 783px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-708925\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Capture-71.png\" alt=\"Thunder Strikes Cows dead in Ondo\" width=\"783\" height=\"493\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-708925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thunder Strikes Cows dead in Ondo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 19 cows have been struck dead by lightning at Iba in Ifelodun local government area of Osun state, according to NAN.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that some herdsmen were rearing their cattle on the field around Apala area of the town when the strange incident happened.<\/p>\n<p>Adekunle Oyedeji, the monarch of the town, has therefore asked the herdsmen to burn all the dead cows in order to avoid an epidemic outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by Gbolagunte Bamigbola, his media aide, the monarch said; \u201cThe people of Iba, have over the years been living harmoniously with Fulani natives living in our domain,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe death of the cows belonging to the Fulani cattle rearers living among us was a natural occurrence occasioned by a thunder that struck in the town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gboyega Oyetola, the governor of the state also sympathised with herders, describing the incident as a sad one.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking through Biodun Ajisefini, his special adviser for agriculture and food security, Oyetola said; \u201cWe are indeed sad about the unfortunate incident. Lightning is a natural phenomenon that we have no power or control over. The traders who suffered this loss are part of us, not strangers. \u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Why Thunder Mysteriously Struck Dead 36 Cows In Ondo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have lived here for decades and I commend them for their exemplary contributions to peace in Iba community. I want to assure them of my support and indeed government\u2019s support at a time like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It will be recalled that 36 cows were struck dead by lightning at Ijare in Ifedore local government area of Ondo state, a few months ago because they had strayed into a \u201csacred hill\u201d in the town.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thunder Strikes Cows dead in Ondo More than 19 cows have been struck dead by lightning at Iba in Ifelodun local government area of Osun state, according to NAN. It was gathered that some herdsmen were rearing their cattle on the field around Apala area of the town when the strange incident happened. Adekunle Oyedeji, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":710150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-750966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lightning Kills 19 Cows In Osun State - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/24\/lightning-kills-19-cows-in-osun-state\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Lightning Kills 19 Cows In Osun State - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Thunder Strikes Cows dead in Ondo More than 19 cows have been struck dead by lightning at Iba in Ifelodun local government area of Osun state, according to NAN. 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