BREAKING NEWS:A Man electrocuted in Lagos
Man electrocuted in Lagos
According to a diamondpublic blog (dpb) reader,
Tragedy struck yesterday in Lagos when a man in his late 40s was electrocuted inside
his room.
The residence of
odunlami street in shomolu local government Area of the state, were thrown into
pandemonium as the sad news of the electrocution of the man simply identified
as Segun who held from Ekiti, filtered in.
No boy can say exactly
when the incident happened. However report indicated that, Segun was believed
to be living alone at the time of the incidence. He was not seen in the morning
of the fateful day by his co-tenant, who perhaps, had the impression that he
must have gone out.
According to the reader, “an eye witness said that when the
electrician was not seen after several hours, it was assumed by his neighbors
that he had gone out early enough to attend his clients. It was one of the
neighbors who became worried of his absent and wanted to know why he has not
been seen. In the process, Segun’s body was found on the floor of his room. He
thereafter raised an alarm which attracted other neighbours. The deceased, it
was believed may have been electrocuted by his faulty cooker”.
It was further
gathered that, his neighbours alerted his relations and the police in Shomolu
quickly came to the scene. The corpse has since been deposited in the mortuary
pending when his family will be ready to bury him.
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