16-year-old student electrocuted inside school premises in Abuja

A tragedy struck Government Science Secondary School in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory when a 16-year-old boy identified as Meshack Agaba died of electrocution inside the school premises

Punch Metro exclusively gathered that the incident happened last Wednesday.

One of the parents who was privy to the incident but spoke on condition of anonymity, on Monday, disclosed that the deceased student was on his way to fetch water from a tap when he unknowingly stepped on an electric cable that had tripped off an electric pole inside the school compound.

The source said, “The electric pole and the cable had been lying in the area before the incident.

The school management didn’t do anything about it. However, Agaba was trying to fetch water last Wednesday morning because they normally wake up at 5am to fetch water.

“The boy is in the same hostel as my child. The place was slippery, and as he was trying to regain balance, he mistakenly stepped on the conductor, and he was electrocuted instantly.

I’m surprised that even after the incident, that pole has not been fixed by the school management.

The only thing the management did was post the picture of the boy on a wall with the ‘Gone too soon’ inscription.”

The concerned parent also lamented that despite the incident, the school management had been trying to change the narrative after the police were involved, claiming that the boy had wanted to jump the fence when the cable fell on him.

The source added, “They didn’t say the thing that led to the boy’s death.

They pretended as if it were just a normal thing. Nothing was said about the incident.

Since the incident happened, the Parent-Teacher Association’s social media platform has been locked.

Parents are not allowed to speak about the incident on that platform. The school is one of the top secondary schools in the FCT.

FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the incident. She disclosed that the command had begun an investigation into the incident.

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