A vigilance group in Igbomina area of Kwara State has claimed to use thunderstorm to kill three suspected kidnappers, whose burnt bodies were found in bush of Oro Ago community in Ifelodun Council Area of the state.
In a viral video, the vigilance group said the incident which happened about three days ago was its members’ effort at curbing insecurity in Kwara State.
Showing houseflies milling round decomposing and burnt bodies of three young persons in a bush, a voice in the one-minute-13-second video stated that thunder storm was used to kill three members of an 8-man kidnap gang allegedly operating in Iwo, Isin Local Government Area of the state.
According to the voice: “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. Thunderstrike 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 herdsmen, said to be relations of the victims of the thunderstrike, in a bush, bemoaning their loss.
They described the incident as an act of God that cannot be questioned by anyone, saying that the thunderstrike is from God and can never be man-made.
Meanwhile, the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, said that the command had already commenced an investigation into the incident.
She said that the veracity of the incident would be ascertained after diligent investigation.
