A student at the Distant Learning Centre of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (name not provided) was reportedly electrocuted while retrieving a ball from a compound in Moro, Osun State
Sources near the scene of the incident said it happened Saturday evening in a private hostel located along the Moro/Ife route.
It was gathered that the deceased had gone to a compound close to his house to retrieve the ball.
After retrieving the ball, he was said to have thrown it to his colleagues and was about to jump over the fence separating his own hostel and the one next to it when he had contact with a high-tension wire, which electrocuted him.
A resident of Moro, who was close to the scene of the incident, told Punch online on Sunday on condition of anonymity for fear of harassment, “The incident happened on Saturday. The deceased was playing football in his hostel with other boys.
“The ball strayed across the fence to the next compound. The deceased volunteered to jump across the fence to retrieve the ball, but accidentally he had contact with a dangling high-tension wire on the fence. The wire was brought down on Friday by the rainstorm.
“He was immediately electrocuted. When his colleagues observed he was not moving, they used a stick to separate him from the wire, and he was rushed down to a private hospital in Ipetumodu. There he was confirmed de.ad at the facility.”
When contacted, the OAU Public Relations Officer, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju, confirmed the incident and condoled the family of the deceased.
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