Confusion over ownership of cows has sparked a bloody attack in Kwara State in which a family head was killed, while three members of his family escaped death by the whiskers.
Sixty-year-old Panda Usman was killed, while his wife, Maryam, son, Sanni and daughter, Bilikisu were dealt machete blows over a conflict arising from mix-up of cows between two cattle rearing families in Gaa-Ahun Oro-Ago village near Omu-Aran, Kwara State.
A policeman was also injured and Kwara State Police Command has arrested two brothers, Kadi Ibrahim Isah and Bature Isah over the incident.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Agboola Oshodi-Glover told Sunday Sun that there had been a conflict between Kadi Isah and the late Panda Usman over a mix-up of their cows.
Oshodi-Glover said series of complaints had been lodged over the cows at the Oro-Ago Police Post and the police had tried to settle the misunderstanding.
The police commissioner stated that on the fateful day, Panda Usman found out that nine of his cows had strayed away and were being claimed by Bature Isah and his brother, Kadi.
Usman invited the community elders to intervene but the Isah brothers were not satisfied with the settlement.
Usman then headed for Omu-Aran Police Station to lodge a complaint and policemen moved in to arrest the elder of the Isah brothers, of Bature a.k.a Kato and detained him, while the younger, Kadi was away.
Kadi later learnt that his elder brother had been arrested and that Usman had threatened to ensure that he too was arrested.
Kadi was angered and stormed Usman’s home in Fulani camp at Oro-Ago Gaa Ahun about 7.00pm with a machete and butchered Usman to death, while severely injuring the man’s wife and his two children.
“I thank Allah for being alive with my children. Even though my husband is dead, we are alive to tell the story,” said the widowed woman.
The police commissioner assured that the two brothers, Kadi and Bature would face the full wrath of the law.
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