Lightning Kills 2, Injures Six In Asaba

Residents of Mile 5, Anwai Quarters in Asaba, Delta State have been thrown into shock and mourning following the horrendous lightning that struck and allegedly killed two persons and injured six others on Tuesday evening during a heavy rainfall.

Trouble was said to have started when the thunder struck what looked like its target and descended on the two persons that were killed on the spot while the six others, one of them, Mrs Gladys Okah sustained injuries as she was thrown into the gutter by the thunder strike.


Mrs Okah who confirmed the incident to our correspondent said “I am from the Isoko speaking tribe but I married in Asaba. Some people and l were taking shelter in a building during the heavy rainfall when suddenly the thunder struck, killing two among us, and others including me were thrown away into the gutters and were seriously injured. We are still taking treatments.”



Sources said that the two dead persons: one of them an evangelist from Abakiliki and a cassava and groundnuts farmer in the area, and the other a lady (name withheld) from Ugbolu, were struck dead instantly, leaving the onlookers to scamper for their dear amidst the heavy rainfall.

Eyewitness Olohor Ejiro said that the incident attracted residents of the area and many others including traders at the Mile 5 Anwai Quarters Market who gnashed their teeth in pains and wondered what informed the thunder strike during the heavy rainfall with everywhere flooded

But the Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Hafiz Muhammed Inuwah who confirmed the incident on telephone to our correspondent said that the corpses of the dead victims had been removed from the scene and had been deposited at the Federal Medical Center ( FMC) mortuary for further investigation.

While the sad event had continued to raise concerns, especially the circumstances surrounding the death of the two persons and the injured ones, an elderly man in the area, Chief Benjamin Nwokorie who spoke to our correspondent averred: “We are shocked uptill now and we cannot comprehend the mystery of the thunder strike. We know from the way they were killed that it was not ordinary and for those who survived they must thank God for their lives.”

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