Tag Archives: electrocuted

A 15-year-old girl identified as Miracle Ogbonna, has died after she was electrocuted while fetching water from a well at Omolore housing estate in Abeokuta, Ogun state on Sunday, March 31.   In a statement released today April 1, the spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola Odutola, said a case …

A man simply identified as Calabar, a staff of a hotel in Okpanam, Oshimili North local government area in Delta state was electrocuted while carrying out repairs on the hotel’s billboard today March 7.     The victim was electrocuted while on top of a ladder he climbed trying to …

A 16-year-old student of Government Science Secondary School, Maitama in Abuja, Meshack Agaba, died of electrocution inside the school premises last Wednesday, February  28.   Punch reports that a parent of a pupil in the school who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the deceased student was on his way …

A two year old girl simply identified as Mudashiru has died from electrocution after she touched a neighbour’s gate on Langasa road in Lagos state where she resided with her parents.   Her father had visited the Langbasa police state on January 2 to report that his baby girl was …

A tragic incident occurred at Unity Estate, Aregbe of Abeokuta, Ogun State’s capital on Tuesday, November 7, as a middle-aged man got electrocuted to death while fixing an electric fault for his neighbour.   It was gathered that one Elijah had engaged the service of an electrician to help rectify …

A yet-to-be-identified man was electrocuted while attempting to vandalise a transformer in the Oyigbo local government area of Rivers State.   The lifeless body of the suspected vandal was seen lying close to the transformer with some of his working tools beside him in the early hours of Thursday, November …

A final year student of Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State has been electrocuted while installing solar panels on a one-storey building.   According to Punch, the incident occurred in a business location close to a commercial bank at the Warri Garage Area on Thursday, October 19, 2023.   According …

Four members of a family of five in Taraba State have died after being electrocuted in the Dinyavo area of Jalingo, the state capital, on Monday October 2.    The father, mother and two children were in their home when the electrocution occurred.    Residents of the community say they …

A mother is being treated in a hospital after two of her children were electrocuted in Mushin, Lagos State.   The children, a girl aged 10 and a boy aged seven, were electrocuted on Thursday, Sept. 26, when they attempted to turn on the television after returning from school.   …

A yet-to-be-identified man has been electrocuted to death while allegedly stealing high-tension cable at Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State.   It was gathered that the incident happened on Monday night, September 11, 2023, around the Faculty of Education building, which is close to the Department of Economics of the …