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| A victim of electrocution |
Tragedy
struck in Akure, the Ondo State capital yesterday during the monthly
environmenat sanitation as a man. Adeyemi Ogunleye, but simply called
“Innocent” in an attempt to repair faulty cable that supply power to his
residence.
The
incident, which led to the instant death of the man, who was said to be an
electronic technician, occurred at the Cathedral area and directly opposite the
State Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
According
to the people in the house, the deceased, who was said to have participated in
the cleaning of his surroundings but felt the need to effect repair of the
cable that supply power to the compound.
It
was gathered that deceased climbed a ladder to and stayed on top of a shop in
front of the house to carry out the repair of the cable.
In
a circumstance that nobody could explain, the man got electrocuted and laid
flat on the roof.
An
eyewitnes said that was not the first time that the man would carry out the
repair of faulty power supply into the house.
The
man was said to have died before the arrival of fire service men who were
called to come and rescue the man.
The
people arround when surprised when men of the fire service refused to bring
down the corpse of the man from the top of the shop.
The
corpse of the man was later brought down by the people around after cutting off
the cable from the pole in the presence of his child simply identified as Tope.
When
contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Ondo State Command, Mr
Femi Joseph said he was that the man wanted to carry out illegal connection.
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