Three suspected kidnappers were reportedly killed by a thunderstorm in the agrarian Oro Ago community in the Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State last weekend.
Reports obtained by OsunDailyNG asserted that the victims of the thunderstrike were suspected members of an eight-man kidnap gang, who reportedly operated in Iwo, in the Isin local government area of the state about three weeks ago.
The state command of the Nigeria Police Force has since commenced an investigation on the incident following a viral video reportedly showing the decomposing bodies of three suspected criminals, presumably in their 20s, who are said to have burnt beyond recognition in a bush, with flies all over the scene.
According to The PUNCH, voices heard in the short disturbing video clip of the deceased said: “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”.
Another video clip reportedly obtained by the publication, showed some Fulani herders, suspected to be relations of the victims of the thunderstrike, in a bush, bemoaning their loss.
They ascribed the incident to an act of God that cannot be questioned by anyone, saying that the thunderstrike is from God and can never be man-made.
Speaking on the incident, the state commissioner of Police, Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, said that the command and its men had already commenced an investigation into the incident.
The police boss said that the veracity of the incident would be ascertained after diligent investigation.
