Pics: Thunder strikes dead two women, Injures pastor during prayer session

2 women, Chioma Jonathan, 25, and Chinonye Anyanwu,26, died when they were struck by Thunder lightning.

The Tragic incident happened when the two women went to participate in the regular Holy Ghost Hour prayer session of Heavenly Sure Charismatic Church.

The Heavenly Sure Charismatic Church usually holds their prayer session in the premises of Comprehensive Secondary School, Emekuku in Owerri North LGA, Imo State, Nigeria.

The Heavenly Sure Charismatic Church General Overseer, 54, was also affected by the lightning.  Pastor Luke Nwokocha was the one who led the prayer session, he was also struck by the lightning obtaining injuries in the leg, he temporarily lost consciousness and was rushed to a hospital by his wife and another member of the church, where he was revived.

At the Police command Imo State, Pastor Luke speaks to the police about what had happened:"We always have fellowship every Tuesday. On this day, we had Holy Ghost Hour.

We were five members in the church. The two deceased sisters, including the sister that swept the church premises; Evangelist Solomon and myself were arranging the benches. Around 4.30 pm an heavy rain started falling. I started praying for the programme.” Then there was a sudden lightning  followed by the sound of thunder.

 The two women, who were in the direct path of the electric field created by the lightning flash died immediately, when they were struck. 

Pastor Luke said he was off the direct path of the streak, so he received a much lower jolt of the lightning.

He said the lightning threw him across the room which causes him to temporarily lost  

consciousness and physical injuries to his leg and hands.

Pastor Luke Nwokocha hails from Umuakuru Emekuku in Owerri North Local Government Area.  He said he has been in the ministry for 26 years, and that has been since 1990. He said he had never experienced anything like that since he had been called to serve. Pastor Luke further said it is only God who understands and knows all.

The Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu who confirmed the incident said it was a strange occurrence. He added that the cleric was undergoing interrogation at the State Criminal Investigation Department while the corpses of the dead women had been deposited at the mortuary.

 One of the elders of Emekuku community, Godwin John said it was a mystery. “We know the Pastor, we know he usually holds the Holy Ghost Hour prayer session. What happened to him is an abomination. We will consult the elders,” he said.