Severe thunder and lightning kills four people in Serekpere.
Residents of Serekpere, a community in the Upper West region's Nadawli-Kaleo district, were thrown into mourning after four men were killed by a thunderstorm.
The incident occurred around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, during a heavy downpour.
The tragic event that shocked the residents has left many residents concerned about the future. Members of the shocked community told GhanaWeb that the unfortunate incident was the first of its kind in the community.
Since the incident, there have been various accounts of what may have caused the four to perish in the thunderstorm.
While some see it as a natural occurrence by the Almighty, others are however linking the incident to some age-old spiritual beliefs associated with thunderstorms.
Narrating the incident, the Assembly member of the area, Hon. Titus Mombu said:
"Yesterday in the evening around 4 o'clock, I was in a meeting at the Assembly when I received a call that thunder had struck and killed some people in my community.
So after telling the Presiding Member of the Assembly, he also informed the House indicating to them the reason I was taking an early leave. It was in the presence of the Police Commander (when I received the information), so he gave me some of his men to come and inspect the bodies and convey them to the hospital.
But because such incidents have spiritual connotations, after inspecting the bodies by the police, the elders asked them to wait for some rituals to be performed before they could convey the bodies. So after the necessary rituals were done, the Police came to a compromise to allow the people themselves bury the corpses following a plea by the elders."
"However, one of the four people who died was an alien, but the other three were all my relatives. So the deceased alien's relatives came to inspect the body and agreed to have him buried in the community alongside the others after the rituals were completed. So we buried them here together. Two of the deceased were in their 50s, one in his 30s, and a teenager between the ages of 13 and 14. The residents were shocked because they had no idea such a thing could happen here. For me, this should not cause concern because I believe it is God who has called them (to eternity) and nothing else."
When GhanaWeb spoke to the Regional Crime Officer of the Police Command, Chief Superintendent Reynolds Manteaw, he confirmed the incident and said the remains have since been buried in line with the Muslim custom.
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