Thirty six cows were on Saturday struck to death by mysterious thunderstorm on a sacred hill, Oke Owa in Ijare community of Ifedore local government area of Ondo state.
The incident occurred on Saturday night.
A residents who spoke with newsmen said the cows were said to have died for desecrating the Oke Owa (Owa mountain) where the monarch, Olujare of Ijare made annual sacrifice.
It was learnt that the herders reported the case to the monarch of the town after the unfortunate incident.
The monarch of the town, the Olujare of Ijare, Oba Adebamigbe is always accompanied by chiefs to carry out the yearly sacrifice on the sacred maintain.
This incident occurred barely a year after no fewer than 23 cows were killed by thunder in Ekiti State.
The incident, which occurred at Okeowa Eluju, a farmstead in Iloro-Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area of the state caused apprehension among local residents.
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