Following the killing of 36 cows
by lightning in Ijare community area of Ifedore Local Government in Ondo State,
the community has disclosed how the Fulani herders ignored their warnings
against taking their cows to the sacred mountain of the town for grazing.
According to High Chief Wemimo
Olaniran, the Sapetu of Ijare kingdom, who revealed this on Saturday, stated
that ‘Oke-Owa'(Owa Mountain) where the incident occurred is forbidden for
anyone to climb, particularly its peak except the community’s monarch, the
Olujare of Ijare.
Recall that NigerianEye had
reported how 36 cows were struck to death by lightning at the community’s
sacred grove.
Chief Olaniran, the community’s
second in command who recounted how the incident happened disclosed that it was
not the first time such is happening in the community to those who desecrate
the sacred mountain.
While adding that it is only the
king who is allowed to go to perform annual rituals at the mountain top, which
he said is done once a year, Chief Olaniran stated the incident will serve as a
deterrent to those desecrating sacred places in the community.
His words: “There have been
occasions like that but not as massive as we are having it now. Some
individuals who desecrated the land in the past did witness thunderbolt attack.
When you desecrated any part of Ijare particularly the sacrifice places, the grove
the person will see the repercussion.
“The place where the cows died is
being called ‘Owa’ and it is 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 individuals are allowed to go to that place.
“Five days before this time, we
learnt that Fulani men were there and they were carrying wood to build their
tent and we said that are they taking over the land from us, and we pray to God
to save us, to intervene because we don’t want anything to desecrate the place
it is a very special place as far as Ijare community is concerned.
“No implication, it is a sign
that the gods that are there don’t want whosoever to move to that place and
settled down there. It is not meant for any ordinary person even Kabiesi
himself goes there once in a year and there is a way he will compose himself
when he is there.
“One unforgettable incident that
happened there was that one Olujare went there and he couldn’t return, so we don’t
encourage people to mount that hill and nobody can touch the dead cows, even
Fulani people that we met there said it was thunderbolt attack they even told
us that if we see anybody that has interest should go there and take away the
cows and we said no that it is a taboo for anybody to touch anything there.
“The dead cows will be there
forever. It is part of the history in our land for people to see as testimony
in the future that such things happened. A whole Oba was buried there live and
heaven did not fall talk less of ordinary cows.
“No casualty, when it happens I
and some chiefs went to the police station to make an official report, police
are aware of it even DPO came to the palace and we explained to him and he
confirmed that it was thunderbolt attack that it wasn’t human being handwork.”
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