OMG! Following the heavy rain that fell
across Lagos State Tuesday, the accompanying lightning struck dead a
Senior Secondary School 3 student of Muslim College, Oworonsoki.
The
name of the female student was simply given as Celestina Farotide.
A student of the school,
who craved anonymity, said that the incident occurred around 8.00 am
shortly after the morning assembly while the students were still outside
their classrooms.
Thunder and lightning erupted and waves of shock swept through the school during which Celestine was struck dead.
Teachers and students of the school have been told not to speak to pressmen and no one is talking.
Sister
of the deceased, Idowu Adegite told P.M.NEWS that they were called from
the home Tuesday that their sister fell down and that they should come
to Gbagaga General Hospital, saying that on getting there, they met the
19-year old girl dead.
A
community leader in the area, Mr. Babajide Kabiawu told our reporter
that there was lightning around 8.00 am during the rainfall, saying that
a high tension poll was struck by the lightning while several items
were destroyed.
He stated that several passers-by at Olokomeji
area had to quickly drop their umbrellas when the lightning struck as
they felt some shocks in their body.
According to him, what
government should do is to install anti-lightning equipment at the
premises of the school to prevent similar incident.
He said the
school was close to the lagoon and that it was over-populated, with
about 150 students choked in a class, adding that the school is also
faced with the problem of flood.
across Lagos State Tuesday, the accompanying lightning struck dead a
Senior Secondary School 3 student of Muslim College, Oworonsoki.
The
name of the female student was simply given as Celestina Farotide.
A student of the school,
who craved anonymity, said that the incident occurred around 8.00 am
shortly after the morning assembly while the students were still outside
their classrooms.
Thunder and lightning erupted and waves of shock swept through the school during which Celestine was struck dead.
Teachers and students of the school have been told not to speak to pressmen and no one is talking.
Sister
of the deceased, Idowu Adegite told P.M.NEWS that they were called from
the home Tuesday that their sister fell down and that they should come
to Gbagaga General Hospital, saying that on getting there, they met the
19-year old girl dead.
A
community leader in the area, Mr. Babajide Kabiawu told our reporter
that there was lightning around 8.00 am during the rainfall, saying that
a high tension poll was struck by the lightning while several items
were destroyed.
He stated that several passers-by at Olokomeji
area had to quickly drop their umbrellas when the lightning struck as
they felt some shocks in their body.
According to him, what
government should do is to install anti-lightning equipment at the
premises of the school to prevent similar incident.
He said the
school was close to the lagoon and that it was over-populated, with
about 150 students choked in a class, adding that the school is also
faced with the problem of flood.
