The Kwara State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the thunder strike that which reportedly killed three suspected kidnappers in Oro Ago community in the Ifelodun local government area of the state.
The thunder attack is linked to the efforts by the local vigilance team in Igbomina to check security challenges in the state.
In a video that has gone viral, it was gathered that the victims of the stike were suspected members of an eight-man kidnap gang, who reportedly operated in Iwo in Isin local government area of the state about three weeks ago.
The one-minute-13-second video clip showed decomposing bodies of three young persons, presumably in their 20s, already burnt beyond recognition in a bush, with flies all over the scene.
The voice in the short video clip said that: “We’re members of the vigilance team in Igbomina Kwara. Our efforts against those perpetrating evil and kidnapping people in our area had yielded fruits. Thunder struck them dead. Three of them. God will continue to make us successful against the evildoers. We shall overcome them all by the grace of God. Thank you all”.
Also, another video clip showed some Fulani herders, said to be relations of the victims of the thunder strike, in a bush, bemoaning their loss.
They ascribed the incident to an act of God which they said cannot be questioned by anyone and cannot be man-made.
Speaking on the incident, the state commissioner of police, Mrs Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, said that the command and its men had already commenced an investigation into the incident.
She said the veracity of the incident would be ascertained after diligent investigation.
With Punch report
