The people of Oyo town in Oyo State were in awe when they found out that a 100-year-old tree that reportedly fell on Monday night and killed about four persons had risen back.
Residents told our correspondent on Wednesday that the fallen tree whose branches had been already been hewn mysteriously rose back on Tuesday.
Sources told our correspondent that the Odan tree which was uprooted by the wind during the downpour on Monday was now back standing firmly rooted to the ground where it was uprooted from a day earlier.
In photos and videos which were circulated online, the root of the tree was seen uprooted from the ground and the trunk was lying on the ground. The branches were later cut off but the second series of photos and videos show that the tree had been rooted back to the ground but there were no leaves on it and the branches which had been cut off did not join to the trunk.
The strange happening, it was gathered had turned the scene to a tourist attraction point as residents trooped to the place to see the wonder.
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, was said to have gone to the scene to commiserate with the families of the people who lost their lives when the tree fell and crushed the victims to death.
The monarch’s media aide, Bode Durojaye, when contacted on the phone told our correspondent that the king went to the scene to commiserate with the bereaved families and to see the mystery.
He said, “He went there. The fallen tree rose back again mysteriously. Kabiyesi commiserated with the people there over the sad incident.”
THE PUNCH had reported that the tree fell on Monday evening when the victims who were mostly traders at the Sabo Market took cover under it. The rain reportedly started at about 4 pm.
The Chairman of the market, Akeebu Alarape, said four different loggers invited to cut the tree did not succeed until a fifth logger was able to cut parts of it before the rescue operation could begin.
The Head of Operations of the Western Nigeria Security Network, aka Amotekun Corps, in the Atiba area, Akeem Ojo, said the tree fell on the victims around 6 pm.
“A female student of the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo; a woman with a baby strapped to her back and a boy she was holding, were pulled out from under the tree.
“One person was seriously injured and taken to a private hospital in the area, while motorcycle and minibus parks under the tree were damaged,” Ojo added.
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