Tragedy As Two Siblings, Others Are Electrocuted To Death In Ondo

No less than four children have been electrocuted to death in the Oke-Aigo axis in the Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government in Ondo state.

The unfortunate incident occurred after a newly installed power cable fell on a container being used as a shop, Daily Post reports.

An eyewitness revealed that the children who were visiting their aunt for the Easter celebration got electrocuted while playing in the shop.

One of the survivors identified as Blessing said it was when electricity was restored in the area that the cable fell on the container shop.

She said: “As we ran out of the container, the wire trapped our legs and we could not walk again. So, I sat on the plank that was close to me, but the remaining children started shaking and vomiting blood.

“I shouted for help and people came to rescue us and we were rushed to the General hospital, Ile-Oluji.”

The owner of the shop, Mrs Ronke Adebiyi, stated that she was not present when the incident happened but rushed back when she received a call that her shop was on fire.

Sharing more details of the incident, she said that five of the children were rushed to the hospital but four of them died because there was insufficient oxygen.

The Senator representing Ondo South, Nicholas Tofowomo, advised against erecting structures under high tension cables or power supply lines.

He promised to get justice if the BEDC were found culpable in the tragedy.