Thunder Lightening kills student

There was wailing in the
school when the incident
occurred. The incident disrupted
academic activities in the
school. The name of the female
student was simply given as
Celestina Farotide. Her school
authorities refused to
comment on the issue and
referred journalists to the education district. 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. She said they were told that
she might have been killed by
lightning. A community leader in the
area, Mr. Babajide Kabiawu
said 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.