Thursday, October 16, 2025 - A middle-aged man identified simply as Edward was electrocuted to d3ath while attempting to reconnect an electricity cable to a pole at Kajola community in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.
A resident in the area who spoke to punch on
Wednesday on the condition of anonymity said the incident occurred around 1:30
p.m. on October 13.
It was gathered that Edward, who was not an official of any
power distribution company but was known in the community for assisting people
with minor electrical jobs, was engaged by a resident to help reconnect power
to an apartment in the area.
Tragedy, however, struck when power was reportedly restored
while he was reconnecting the cable.
“Someone who lives close to the apartment at Kosedo in the
Kajola area, where he d!ed, asked him to help reconnect their light. He came
that morning and collected money to rent a ladder. They left him there, hoping
he would have completed the reconnection before they returned,” the resident
said.
“It was later in the evening that people became worried
about his whereabouts. When they got to the point where he was working, his
body was found lying motionless on the ground. It was believed that he was
electrocuted when electricity was restored to the area around 1:30 p.m."
It was gathered that efforts to resuscitate him on the spot
were futile, while his remains were later taken to the morgue.
Another source, who identified himself simply as Sorinmade,
said on Wednesday that the development led to the arrest of the tenant who had
engaged the deceased.
"The person who engaged him and some other tenants in
the house was all arrested after the incident. It really caused a lot of
issues. They also had to part with a huge amount of money before they were
granted bail. Edward was someone who went about assisting people for one work
or another. He also did not have any family in the community. It was not too
long after that his corpse was taken to his hometown for burial,” the
source added.
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