Train kills 10 cows as residents invade site with cutlasses

Residents of Kajola Community in Ogun State on Friday freely
took beef from 10 cows that were killed by a train.

According to NAN, some residents, including commercial
motorcyclists and passersby, used knives and machetes to take away
pieces of meat from the lifeless cows.

The train, which took off from Lagos, was heading to its final
destination, Kajola Terminus, when it ran over the cows which were
crossing a rail track at 11.50 am.

The cows were believed to be searching for food when they were
killed by the train. However, no human life was lost in the
accident.

Some of the residents said that the herders had been warned to
desist from bringing the animals close to the track. They also
noted that the meat would have been wasted if residents had not
taken it home.

One of the residents, Mr. Adeola Paseda, said that he took beef
that would last his family for at least one week.

“I am one of the residents that got there first; I have meat
that can last us for a week,” he said.

Mrs. Bola Akanni, who was carrying a basin of beef, said, “Times
are hard; if we do not take the meat, it will mean that we have
wasted an opportunity.”

Another resident of the area, Mr. Fatai Akeem, said that he was
sad to see pieces of beef littering the track.

“I watched as people took meat and put in basins; they took them
to their houses. The herders lost a lot because they did not listen
to suggestions that they should not bring their cows too close to
the track,” he said.

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