On Friday, two women in the FESTAC area of Lagos State lost their lives due to electrocution from lightning strikes.
According to Hundeyin, the two women who lived in a shanty built under high-voltage wires, were indoors during the downpour when the lightning struck and electrocuted them
This was made known in a post on X by the Lagos State Police Spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, on Saturday, May 25.
He wrote: “Somewhere on First Avenue, Festac, two women remained indoors during the downpour yesterday. Lightning struck, electrocuting them instantly and causing fire outbreak.
“They lived in a shanty built under high-voltage wires.”