It is believed that, until a ritual is performed to purify the scene where the incident happened as well as the corpse itself, anyone who dares approaches the corpse may also be struck by thunder or suffer spiritual consequences.

The body was covered with some plantain leaves, with the aluminim basin, believe to contain the coconuts he was selling, lying next to him.

It is unclear who is supposed to perform the said rituals and when exactly the remains of the deceased will be moved from the scene for a possible autopsy and burial.

The deceased, Emmanuel Dorli, is reported to be a formal student of Sokode Senior High Technical School, died on Monday 30, May after been struck by lightning during a downpour while selling coconuts.


Residents of Ho in the Volta Region left the corpse if a 17 year old coconut seller who was struck by lightning in the open for the fear of suffering spiritual consequences.