Thunderous lightening has struck an eight-year-old pupil, Stephen Akana, of Matha Day Secondary School, Imiringi in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday when Akanama, a Junior Secondary School 1 pupil, was allegedly playing a football match with his mates under the thunderstorm during a downpour.
It was gathered the deceased, who is from the Kolo community but residing with his aunt at Imiringi, was in the company of his age-mates when the lightning struck him dead.
But a community source claimed the deceased was trying to retrieve the ball from where it was trapped somewhere across the land used as football pitch when he was struck by the lightning.
The deceased and his friends were said to be playing the football match behind a popular pub in the area before the incident occurred.
A close family source, who spoke anonymously, said prior to the incident, the deceased was indoors all through Wednesday until probably when a heavy rainfall started.
Contacted on the development, the spokesman for the State Police Command, Asinim Butswat, said the incident had yet to be reported at the Kolo Divisional Headquarters covering the area.