A mystery
was recorded in the rural community of Olori Oko near Ogotun Ekiti
in Ekiti South-West Local Government of Ekiti State as a goat allegedly gave
birth to a strange creature.
Olori-
Oko, a farm stead dominated by people of Ede and Modakeke in Osun State
is about six kilometres to Ogotun Ekiti and three kilometres away from
Ikeji Arakeji in Osun State, with about 500 residents, witnessed a
huge, bewildered crowd that stormed the serene community from the neighboring
towns and villages to catch a glimpse at the strange birth.
According
to an eye witness, who is also a member of the community, Mr. Ganiyu
Adetokun, the strange goat delivered the kid at about 6a.m.,
yesterday, after a long and protracted labour which lasting for about 10 hours.
According
to him, a Pastor, Daniel Odedele, resident in the community had to intervene by
forcing the baby out of the goat’s genital when it was apparent that it could
not deliver it unaided.
His
words: “Strangely, the kid had human hairs on its head and female
genital similar to that of human being. Then people started raising alarm.”
The kid
was said to have survived for about one and a half hours before it
died. owing to lack of care and disturbance from the people, who scrambled to
take its picture.
According
to him, the incident have been formally reported to the Ologotun of
Ogotun Ekiti , Oba Samuel Oyebade, adding that the residents would take a step
further by making necessary sacrifice and appeasements to gods of the land to
forestall calamity from befalling them.
Corroborating
the experience of Adetokun, the chairman of Commercial Motorcycle
Association in the village, Mr Saheed Oladepo (aka Akanmu), said the
incident attracted people from the various neighboring communities of Ikeji
Arakeji, Ogotun town, Ipetu Ijesa, Ado Ekiti, Ilawe, Igbara Odo, Aba Ede,
Aba Osogbo have turned the village to a Mecca of sort to catch a glimpse
of the mysterious goat and its kid.
Policemen
and men of the Ekiti State Peace Corps, had according to him, visited the
village to see things for themselves and make possible reports to appropriate
authorities.
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