Rotimi Agboluaje,Ibadan
It Was A Tragic Day At Alare Compound Of Aremo In The Ibadan North East Local Government Area Of Ibadan, Oyo State Capital, On Sunday When A Pregnant Woman In Her Late Twenties And Her Two-Year-Old Son Got Electrocuted.
Identified As Labisi, The Victim Whose Husband’s Rented Apartment Is Behind the Popular Bembow Hospital In The Area, Was Said To Have Met Her Untimely Death In The Morning While Spreading Her Clothes On A Line In Her Compound.
According to eyewitness, As She Was Hit By The Electric Shock, She Screamed And Her Little Toddler Who Heard The Scream Ran To Her, Only To Be Electrocuted Also.
Relating The Tragedy To Journalists, and a Neighbour In The Area, Who Preferred Anonymity, Said The Bad News Got To Him Around 9.00 A.M And It Was Discovered That Unknown To The Deceased, An Electric Wire Had Been Connected From A Hotel Close By To The Wire On Which She Usually Spread Her Clothes.
It Was Gathered That The Deceased Was Four-Month Old Pregnant And Had A Senior Wife In The Same Apartment. She Was Full-Time Housewife As People In The Area Said That She Was Always At Home Before The Ugly Incident Happened.
Policemen From The Agugu Division Of Ibadan Got To The Venue Of The Incident And Later Conveyed The Bodies To The Adeoyo State Hospital Where They Were Deposited In The Morgue.
Confirming The Incident, The Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), Adekunle Ajisebutu (SP), Said The Woman And The Child Were Electrocuted And “Their Bodies Have Been Taken To The Adeoyo General Hospital Morgue For Autopsy. We Have Commenced Investigation Into The Incident”, He Said.
