Woman electrocuted as high tension wire falls in Ilorin
A woman in her mid-thirties lost her life when a high tension wire fell on a row of shops opposite Garin-Alimi Hospital, Ilorin at about noon on Tuesday.
Tragedy struck when as commercial activities were going on in shops occupying a former AP filling station, the high tension wire fell, making people scamper for safety.
According to an eyewitness, the woman, popularly called Iya Okiki was sitting with her husband when the incident happened. She was said to have rushed inside the shop as people scampered for safety where she got electrocuted.
When she was later brought out of the shop, efforts to revive her proved abortive. She was thereafter rushed to the Garin-Alimi Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
A Medical Doctor at the hospital, Dr Ibrahim Adedo who confirmed the incident, said she was dead on arrival.
According to another trader in the area, the deceased who sells women and children materials just moved into the container shop not long ago. She was also reported to have lost her child few months ago.
Although, some shop owners who have containers located under high tension wire have started removing them for fear of further accidents and in obedience to government orders, many residential buildings and shops still remain under the wires.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
NIRSAL Kayode Alabi Alao Ayotunde Durbar Sayomi Orisa Bridge Shonga Farm Project GAMA Abdulazeez Uthman Kwara State Fish Farmers Association Christopher Ayeni Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng Rotimi Samuel Olujide Saliu Mustapha Ishola Moses Abiodun Imodoye Writer’s Enclave Kolade Solagberu LEAH Charity Foundation Makama Of Ilorin CLAY POT Dauda Adeniran Adeshola Bolaji Abdullahi Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar Aliyu Adebayo Olaoye B. Felix Ghali Alaaya Harmony Holdings Pacify Labs Abdulkareem Alabi John Kehinde Salako Kwara Poly Waheed Ibrahim Yusuf Aiyedun John Dara Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union Sabi Kamaldeen Gambari IFK Special Agro-Industrial Hub Adijat Adebiyi Emir Of Yashikira Ajakaye Olokoba Sulyman Lawal Olohungbebe KW-GIS Ado Ibrahim Photo News Apata Ajele Secondary School Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan Zara Umar Yusuf Ali Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf Mashood Dauda Mahmud Ajeigbe Halimah Perogi JSSCE Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited Muhammed Akanbi Amasa Vasolar Consultoria Idiagbon Galadima Emir Of Ilorin Femi Oladiji Council Of The Wise Ayo Adeyemi Abdullahi Samari Rotimi Atere Reuben Paraje Gobirawa Hussein Oloyede Jimoh Olusola Imam Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao Kwara Metro Park Baakini Kwara South Yusuf Amuda Aluko