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.

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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.