By Adewale Abdulraheem
The Kwara state police command weekend said the two teenage boys killed by lightning in Oro- Ago community in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state were not kidnappers.
The command confirmed that lightning actually took place killing the two boys aged 10 and 12 years. It clarified that the victims were not kidnappers but herders.
These was contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Okasanmi Ajayi.
The statement reads: “The good people of Kwara state will recall a viral video circulating on social media platforms recently to the effect that two kidnappers were struck dead by lightning in the Oro-Ago area of Kwara state, to which the Commissioner of Police, Kwara state, CP Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, psc+ FISN, directed an investigation.
“The command wishes to state categorically that the two young boys killed by that unfortunate lightning were herders aged 10 and 12 years old. This was revealed by the father of the victims, who was accompanied by Mohammed Oni Anishere, the chairman of the Oro-Ago vigilante group, Mumini Usman, the leader of vigilante, Chief Olukosi of Oke-Oyan, and Idris Male, also of Oke-Oyan.
“The command wishes to confirm that lightning killed two young people, but they were not kidnappers, as was being erroneously amplified in the viral video. To this end, the command wishes to advise the good people of Kwara state to discountenance the story as no such thing happened. Meanwhile, four suspected kidnappers arrested around Oro-Ago forest have been charged in court.”
