Herdsmen Arrested In Ondo,Thunderstorm kills Eight Cows

– Thunder lightning killed eight cows in ondo state
– The herdsmen were said to have roasted and started selling them to butchers in Akoko area before they were caught
-The incident was planned to be concealed by the herdsmen, who owned the cows with the intent of allegedly selling the meat to unsuspecting public
 
Another lightning has struck eight cows to death at Ikare-Akoko in Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state,barely a month to the killing of 30 cows by thunderstorm.
Ekohotblog gathered that the incident, which happened at Ekan quarters of the town on Tuesday, was planned to be concealed by the herdsmen, who owned the cows with the intent of allegedly selling the meat to unsuspecting public.
The herdsmen were said to have roasted and started selling them to butchers in Akoko area before they were caught.
Meanwhile, The Director of Environmental Health Services in Akoko North-East Local Government, Mrs Yemisi Adeniyi and her counterpart from Akoko Northwest, Mr Ojo Anthony, said that they had arrested some butchers from taking the cow meat to markets.
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The environmentalists, who mobilised other experts on Thursday morning to the scene of the incident, seized the cow meat for immediate fumigation.
The health experts, therefore, cautioned the people of Akoko to stay away from cow meat in the next few days to avoid consumption of such traditionally and medically cow meat allegedly killed by the thunderstorm.
Similarly, the Chairman of Butchers’ Association in Ikare, Mr Kabiru Ismaila, said that he was working with Government’s environmental health officials to ensure such cow meat was not sold in Akoko markets in the next few days.