Two female siblings have been killed by lightning at Ikirun, the headquarters of Ifelodun local government area of Osun State on Sunday.
The Nation gathered the incident occurred around 4:30pm around the Ogo-Oluwa area of the community.
A resident, Mary Ojuolape, told The Nation that the siblings were crossing a field in the area as rain was drizzling when the incident happened.
She said: “They were crossing a football field of a school around the Ogo-Oluwa area when they were struck down by the lightning.”
Another resident, Dayo said there was a great crowd that gathered around the corpse of the two siblings.