There was confusion in the Mushin area of Lagos State after a 51-year-old carpenter, Muritador Ajayi, was electrocuted by a live high-tension wire. PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased was working
on the roof of a building under construction on
Bamigboye Street, when power was suddenly
restored to the area. Muritador’s hammer was said to have touched the
wire as he raised it to drive in a nail, which led to his
electrocution.
He was rushed to a general hospital, where he was
confirmed dead.
It was gathered that his wife, Taiye, on getting the
sad news, collapsed and was taken to a private
hospital where she also died. It was a sombre atmosphere when our
correspondent visited the victims’ residence on
Alafia Street. One of the deceased’s children, Sunkanmi,
explained that both victims had been buried in
accordance with Islamic rites. Sunkanmi, who was with his father when the
incident happened, said it took about 10 minutes
after he fell off the roof before he could get help. He said, “It was around 9am last Friday that the
incident happened. My father was contracted to
roof the house which was under construction.
There was a high-tension wire that passed near the
roof of that particular house. “He had asked me to lift a plank for him so he could
lay it on the roof. I just noticed that he fell off the
roof; I thought his feet slipped. I later realised that it
was when he lifted the hammer that he was
electrocuted and fell. “I saw him vomiting blood and I started shouting
for help, but nobody came. It was as if the area was
deserted.” He said some residents heard his cry about 10
minutes later and assisted in taking his father to the
Mushin General Hospital. Another child of the family, Yusuf, said Taiye, who
was their father’s second wife, followed them to the
hospital. He said, “The doctor asked us to take our father
into the ward, and we were asked to wait outside.
My father’s second wife followed us to the hospital
and waited at the gate. “But someone took her to a shop and it was there
that a child went to break the news to her that her
husband was dead; she collapsed immediately. She
was taken to a private hospital on Araromi Street,
where she was also pronounced dead.” It was gathered that Taiye had yet to give birth to
any child for Muritador before her demise.
The case was reported at the Olosan Police Division. The victim’s first wife, Nosimat, while fighting back
tears, said she was at home when she got the
news. She said, “We have been married for over 24 years
and we had four children together. The morning the incident happened, he said all
those who were supposed to join him to work on
the building gave excuses and said they could not
join him. “I was the one who called our son to support him.
Even Sunkanmi said he had a place to go, but I
begged him to join his father. About 15 minutes
after they left, power was restored. Some minutes
after, Sunknami ran home and started screaming
that his father had been electrocuted.” She told PUNCH Metro that the family was not ready
to make any case with the owner of the house. Nosimat, a trader, appealed for support for her four
children so that their education would not be
affected by the death of their father. A resident, who did not identify himself, said the
late carpenter had just bought a car which he
intended to use as a taxi, when he died. “He never got to drive the car before he died,” he
added. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo
Badmos, said she would call back, but she had yet
to do so as of the time of filing this report. Source: Punch
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Carpenter And Wife Killed By High Tension Electric WireCreated at 2016-01-28
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