How Lagos APC Member Got Electrocuted During Flood

lagos APC member got electrocuted





Alhaji Lateef Ajikanle, a member of the All Progressives Congress,
APC was reportedly said to have got electrocuted in his home at Bolaji
Omupo Street, Somolu last Saturday, July 22.
As confirmed, the renowned Lagos APC member was struck while he was
making attempts to pick dirt around his compound in spite of the
Saturday flood.



His younger sister, Monsuru Ajikanle, told correspondents on Sunday
that the 50-year-old was preparing to participate in the last Saturday’s
local government election before the tragic event.

She said:

“He went to the mosque
that day. The rain started early in the morning and everywhere was
flooded. He was coming back from the mosque around 7am when he saw that
the fence owned by the poultry farmer on the next street had collapsed
on the pumping machine in our compound.
“Also, the flood water could not flow out and there were waste paper
and other dirty materials everywhere. He started picking the rubbish
from the water. He was doing that when his hand touched the live wire
exposed after the fence fell on the pumping machine and he was
electrocuted.”

A neighbour, who attempted to rescue him was also reportedly electrocuted, but escaped death.

“One of our
neighbours, Femi, ran into the flood to help him, but the electric
current in the water forced him back. We called the Ikeja Electric to
disconnect the power”, Monsuru noted

It was gathered that the flood was worsened by the rubble of a
collapsed fence owned by a poultry farmer on an adjoining street, Lisabi
Street.



Officials of the Ikeja Electric, Onipanu Business District, were said to have been alerted at the spur of the incident.

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