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  • Police confirm electrocution of 15-year old girl in Abeokuta

    Police confirm electrocution of 15-year old girl in Abeokuta

    A 15-year-old girl, simply identified as Miracle Ogbonna, was reportedly electrocuted while fetching water at the  Olomore Housing Estate area of Abeokuta, Ogun.

    Spokesperson of the Police Command in the state, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta on Monday, stated that it  happened on Sunday.

    According to Odutola, a case of electrocution was reported to the Divisional Police Office (DPO) of Lafenwa by one Onyekachi Silas  from the  Olomore Housing Estate.

    ” Silas narrated to the DPO that his younger brother called him on phone on Sunday at about 11:50 p.m.,  that one Miracle Ogbonna, 15 , who is also the brother’s wife’s younger sister living with them, was electrocuted.

    “He further stated that there was power outage in the house and Ogbonna went to the well to fetch water.

    “In the process of fetching water, power was restored and Ogbonna was tragically electrocuted by a naked cable wire of the pumping machine placed inside the well.

    “She was rushed to a private hospital where the  Doctor on duty  confirmed her dead,” Odutola said.

    The police spokesperson explained that investigation had commenced and that the corpse had been deposited at the  Oke Lantoro morgue.

  • UPDATE: Jos Disco reacts to death of electrocuted residents

    UPDATE: Jos Disco reacts to death of electrocuted residents

    The Jos Electricity Distribution (JED) Plc has commiserated with residents of Kabong Community in Jos North Local Government Area, over losses resulting from its facility’s malfunction.

    JED in a statement issued by its Head, Corporation Communications, Dr Friday Elijah, on Saturday in Jos, described the incident as unfortunate.

    “We express our deepest sympathies to families who have encountered losses as a result of this incident,” he said.

    According to the JED official, the incident occurred at about 3 am, as a result of issues surrounding its high-tension wires in the area.

    “Preliminary investigation revealed that the accident was a result of a high-tension line snap onto the low-tension lines which resulted in a voltage supply outside limits.

    “The source feeder tripped off and inter-tripped the transmission end source from Makeri Transmission Station.

    “We will continue to be monitoring the situation closely and communicate the facts of this regrettable incident,” he said.

    He said that an evaluation of the root causes would be conducted and appropriate measures put in place to forestall future occurrences.

    A resident of Kabong , Mr. Dung Bature, confirmed the incident and said that 10 persons have been reported killed as a result of the incident while the injured were taken to the hospital.

    He added that some shops around Sacred Heart Catholic Church were also gutted by fire among other damage.

  • Sparking high tension cables electrocute 8 persons in Jos, 6 dead

    Sparking high tension cables electrocute 8 persons in Jos, 6 dead

    A faulty power line of the Jos Electricity Distribution Plc. (JED) electrocuted eight persons at Kabong community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau on Saturday, killing six of them.

    The faulty line emitted sparks and electrocuted the victims in the various homes at about 3 a.m., just as it razed houses and shops in the community.

    Mr Istifanu John, Sole Administrator of the Jos North Local Government Council, who visited the scene, described it as very unfortunate.

    He said the accident inflicted other losses on the state and called on the JED to fix all faults that might have triggered the nightmare.

    “This is pathetic because it is an avoidable situation.

    “Those that lost their lives didn’t go anywhere to look for trouble; they died in their homes.

    “As government, we are pained by this development.

    “We call on JED to ensure that all faulty power sources are fixed to avoid this monumental loss in the future,’’ he said.

    John condoled with the bereaved families and called on residents to be wary about they use of electric appliances.

    In his remarks, spokesman of the traders association in the community, Mr Solomon Odidi, said seven shops were razed.

    Odidi blamed the incident on erratic power, supplied by the JED only at night.

    He commended the Plateau Fire Service for its timely response, which he said minimised the number of casualties and staved further damages.

    Odidi appealed to government to support the bereaved families and those whose properties were destroyed in the accident.

  • Man gets electrocuted while trying to steal cables

    Man gets electrocuted while trying to steal cables

    An Anambra based man whose name has not been given was on Wednesday night electrocuted while allegedly trying to steal electricity cables inside Nnamdi Azikwe University, Akwa Campus in Anambra state.

    It was gathered that the incident happened around the Faculty of Education building.

    A source said the man was cutting cables inside the electricity installation arena when Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) suddenly restored power, thereby electrocuting him.

    “Evidence showed that the thief had almost done cutting a high tension cable before electricity was suddenly restored by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) and he got killed.

    “EEDC officials, policemen and officials of the Safety Department of the University removed his body today (Tuesday), taking him to the mortuary.

    “We just came this morning (Tuesday) and found the body suspended from the electric pole at a transformer point in the area.”

    The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, is yet to confirm the incident.

     

  • Police confirm electrocution of 2 EKEDC staff in Lagos

    Police confirm electrocution of 2 EKEDC staff in Lagos

    The Police Command in Lagos State on Sunday, confirmed the electrocution of two members of staff of the  Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) in Lagos State.

    The incident took place at the Obalande area of Lagos Island.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

    Hundeyin said the case was reported to the Lion Building Division of the command on Saturday at about 5.55 pm, by another member of staff of the EKEDC from Lagos Island.

    He said the EKEDC worker reported that on Saturday, one of his colleagues simply identified as Umaru, 51 years old,  allegedly got electrocuted while digging to locate a faulty transformer cable at the  P&T Obalende area.

    “In the process, another colleague named Sunday Awaruwa, 48 years old, who tried to rescue the victim was also electrocuted.

    “Based on the report, detectives visited and photographed the scene, rescued the victims, and rushed them to the Lagos Island General Hospital,  where they were confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.

    “Their remains were deposited at the  IDH Morgue, Yaba for autopsy. Meanwhile, investigation is in progress,” he said.

  • LASG arraigns Chrisland school principal, others for manslaughter

    LASG arraigns Chrisland school principal, others for manslaughter

    The Lagos State government,o LASG, Thursday arraigned Chrisland School, Opebi, its principal, vice principal and two employees over the death of one of the school’s pupils, 12-year-old Whitney Adeniran.

    The school’s workers who were arraigned before Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja include Ademoye Adewale, Kuku Fatai, Mrs. Belinda Amao, Nwatu Ugochi Victoria and Chrisland School Limited.

    The defendants were arraigned on two count charges bordering on involuntary manslaughter, reckless and negligent acts preferred against them by the state.

    While in the dock, the school’s principal, Mrs. Belinda Amao, broke down in tears as the court and counsel tried to agree on a date for the commencement of the trial.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls that the mother of Whitney Adeniran, a 12-year-old female student of Chrisland High School, Ikeja, Lagos, had confirmed the cause of the daughter’s death.

    The mother, Blessing Adeniran, disclosed that investigation revealed that her daughter died from electrocution while taking part in the school’s sporting events held at the Agege Stadium in Lagos.

    In a live video on her official Instagram business account, Mrs Adediran said an autopsy carried out to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death revealed it was electrocution.

    Before the autopsy, the parents of the deceased had insisted that the student was hale and hearty before leaving home on the said day, but the school management denied any wrongdoing, claiming that the student “slumped” at the stadium.

    Alleged cover-up attempt?
    Crying profusely, Mrs Adediran said she has been subjected to trauma since her daughter died, adding that the school also contributed to the trauma for allegedly “pushing false narratives to protect their reputation.”

    She said: “They made me think I was crazy, they started pushing the narrative that she was sick. I told them, I dont want trouble, I want answers. They came to my house. I knelt down, begged and pleaded that I dont want my daughter butchered for autopsy sake

    “I told them my daughter is already dead, and I don’t want to put her through that and my husband told them we have been hearing rumours of electrocution and asked them to help us investigate these rumours, but they refused.

    “They sent a letter to me and my husband that they just want to assure us that they did everything humanly possible to save my daughter’s life.”

    Mrs Adediran added that the family would sue the school in a law court.

    Background
    Following the unfortunate death of the student, the deceased’s parents initially accused the school management of negligence.

    They took to social media to seek public intervention to unravel the circumstances that may have led to their daughter’s sudden death while taking part in the sporting events.

    The parents insisted that the lack of an ambulance or first aiders at the venue of the sporting events contributed to the student’s death.

  • 12-year-old Chrisland student, Whitney died from electrocution – LASG

    12-year-old Chrisland student, Whitney died from electrocution – LASG

    The Lagos State Government has said that the late Whitney Adeniran, the 12-year-old Chrisland School student, died from asphyxia and electrocution.

    This is contained in a statement from the office of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), on Thursday in Lagos.

    The statement said that the post-mortem report issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital on Wednesday showed that the deceased cause of death revealed asphyxia and electrocution.

    The statement added that the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had been instructed to issue legal advice on the matter with immediate effect.

    “The Lagos State Government commiserates with the deceased family, while reassuring Lagosians that anybody found culpable would immediately be charged to court,” said the statement.

    Onigbanjo had on Feb. 13 ordered a coroner’s inquest to ascertain the cause of death of the late Whitney, who died during the school’s inter-house sports on Feb. 9.

  • Police order autopsy after lady dies by electrocution in Obi Cubana’s club

    Police order autopsy after lady dies by electrocution in Obi Cubana’s club

    Family and friends of a lady simply identified as Susan were distraught after she was electrocuted at the Hustle and Bustle club in the Aminu Kano Crescent area of Wuse, Abuja. Hustle and Bustle is a club and restaurant co-owned by a popular socialite, Obi Cubana.

    It was gathered that the victim, who went to the club on Saturday, was allegedly electrocuted by a metal on the floor of the clubhouse.

    The victim brother’s friend, who recounted the incident on his Twitter page @KhalidOshoke, accused the management of the club of not accompanying Susan to the hospital or reporting the incident to the police.

    He tweeted, “My friend called me to tell me that his sister died at Hustle and Bustle early this morning. I quickly drove to the premises and I met my friend, friends of the deceased and employees of the Hustle and Bustle at the venue.

    “My friend and his people have been at Hustle and Bustle since morning demanding CCTV footage so at least we can know the events that led to her demise. The most astonishing aspect of all this is the fact that the employees keep saying that the manager is the only one with access to the footage and the manager is sleeping.

    “My friend’s sister died on the premises and the manager is sleeping; we are still here waiting for him to wake up from his beauty sleep.”

    The Twitter user, who later tweeted that the family had been given access to the CCTV footage, noted that the matter had been reported to the police.

    “Manager is finally here and we’ve seen the footage and she was obviously electrocuted by one of the metals on the floor.

    “We’re all gathered at the police station and the management of Hustle and Bustle sent their facility manager to represent them. Not only did they not report the case, they didn’t accompany the deceased who died on their premises to the hospital. It took the manager seven hours to respond,” he wrote.

    Following the post, Nigerians urged the victim’s family to sue the club and called on the government to close the facility.

    An Instagram user, @kienidarling, while reacting on social media criticized the club management for not keeping the facility safe for people.

    She said, “Occupiers liability. Simple sue hustle and bustle. They are expected to keep their premises in such a way as not to cause harm or injury to their visitors.”

    However, the management of the club, in a statement posted on its Instagram page on Monday, announced the closure of the facility till further notice.

    The statement read in part, “We’re closed till further notice. This is due to the loss of our esteemed client. We are deeply saddened by this situation and need time to heal from it.

    “Our prayers are with the families of the lost soul; may her soul rest in peace. We sympathise with the family on this unbearable loss.”

    The FCT police spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, said investigation was ongoing, adding that the police would conduct an autopsy on the corpse.

    She said, “The case was reported to the police. This is a case of sudden and unnatural death, which investigation is going on. We are going to carry out an autopsy to determine the cause of death. I cannot tell you the cause of the death now until the investigation and autopsy are completed.”

     

  • Panic as mother, four children die from electrocution

    Panic as mother, four children die from electrocution

    A mother, Asmau Shehu and her four children, Yusuf, Rabiat, Ummul, and Hadi have been electrocuted in Anguwan Sarkin Hausawa, Bosso Local Government Area of Niger.

    Ibrahim Husssaini, the Public Relations Officer, State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), confirmed the tragedy in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday.

    Mr Husssaini said that Asmau and three of the children died immediately during a power surge while one of them later gave up of the ghost at General Hospital, Minna.

    He said that two other children, Hussana Shehu and Maryam Shehu, who sustained various degrees of injury had been receiving treatment at the Minna General Hospital.

    The image maker said the deceased had been buried according to Islamic rites.

     

  • NEMSA begins investigation on Calabar electrocution

    NEMSA begins investigation on Calabar electrocution

    The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) says it has commenced full investigation to unravel the remote and immediate causes of the electrocution of seven people in a television viewing centre in Calabar on Thursday.

    The Chief Electrical Inspector of the Federation, Mr Peter Ewesor, revealed this to newsmen in Abuja on Friday.

    The police said seven people died while 11 were hospitalised after a high tension electric cable fell on a zinc structure where football fans were watching Manchester United in a Europa quarter finals match against Anderlecht.

    The incident happened at around 9.30 p.m. at Nyagasang area of Atimbo in Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of the state.

    Ewesor, who is also the Managing Director of the agency, described the incident as “unfortunate’’.

    “Our field engineers are already there. I am equally on the way to the place now for us to go and find out actually what happened, how it happened and how we can prevent future occurrence.

    “Presently, we are mourning with the family of the diseased; however, we will be able to make concrete statement to the nation after the investigation.

    “When things like this happen, as painful as they are, we should be on guard to prevent further occurrences,’’ he said.

    He said the investigation would assist the agency to find out what led to the mishap.

    He said NEMSA had always been sincere with investigation of this nature.

    According to him, the agency’s report on a similar incident that killed a student of University of Lagos recently remains transparent.

    “ You remember the issue that happened in university of Lagos; it was equally a similar thing when the breakable cable dropped directly on a female student of the institution.

    “We were able to make a firm statement at that time, after we had visited and reviewed the incidence and carried out our test,’’ he said.

    Ewesor, however, said NEMSA had initiated measures to avert electrical accidents in the country.

    “For us to prevent this kind of situation, we had actually given so many instructions and directive to the industry in the area of using quality and standard electrical materials,’’ he said.

    According to him, the use of sub-standard materials contributes to electrical accidents.

    He also said non adherence to rules on electrical installation by professionals and consumers were responsible for some of the electrical accidents.

    He said staff in its 17 field offices had been involved in monitoring and evaluation of existing networks across the country.

    “They go round the network to see those ones that are in bad shape which we call high risk network that are about to cause accident.

    “ When we discover that, we do a memo to the DISCO concern for appropriate steps to remedy the situation,’’ Ewesor said

    He said NEMSA had been encouraging the DISCOs to embark on standard construction of electrical installations and the need to monitor their network.

    Ewesor said it was better for operators to spend their money to repair damaged network than to spend the money to pay compensation.

     

     

    NAN