Celestina was about to start her West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) when the sad fate befell her.
According to an eye witness who pleaded anonymity, said: "We had finished with the morning assembly, but some students were still coming in. Celestina had prepared her desk in readiness for the WASSCE practicals they were to have that morning before she was struck by the evil lightning."
It was gathered that Celestina had gone to buy her breakfast in company of two other students, and it was when they were returning to their classrooms, that she met her untimely death.
The eye witness continued, "The lightning came in their direction and immediately three of the girls fell down.
Two of them rose up and ran and Celestina rose up too. The lightning struck the second time, and she (Celestina) fell finally on the floor and did not rise again.
"She was immediately taken to the teacher' staff room, where a teacher was asked to take her to the Gbagada General Hospital. It was there she was confirmed dead."
The Principal of the school was said to be away on a week-long conference in Makurdi when the incident happened, but authorities of the school contacted Celestina's grandmother at New Garage area of Lagos.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Education with her entourage were said to have visited the school to commiserate with the management on Tuesday morning.
The monarch of Oworonshoki land, Oba Bashir Oloruntodupefun, said the gods were angry because Oworonshoki land had been desecrated by strangers and the government was taking over ancestral lands and selling them to non-indigenes.
He said: "It is a pity the girl died. The circumstances surrounding her death is mysterious because the girl was never sick. From what happened, we can tell that the gods are making demands.
"The shrines that should be used for sacrifices have been swept away in water. And the land that we have is being sold by government officials to their friends and send military men to threaten us.
"Government needs to give us our land back. The real Oworo is submerged in waters. We want them to help sand fill those places taken over by water because many cultural heritage has been lost. If this is done, evil will no longer continue."
The Chairman of the Community Development Association in the area, Chief Jelili Lawal, said that Celestina would be buried after necessary sacrifices and atonement had been made to appease the gods.
*Sad!! Poor girl!!*
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