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Ikeja Electric probes electrocution of 14-year old girl

IKEJA-ELECTRIC-LOGOThe management of Ikeja Electric (IE) has set up a committee to investigate the electrocution of a 14-year old girl, Deborah Faleke, at Alakuko area of Lagos State.

The Head, Corporate Communications Unit of the company, Mr Felix Ofulue, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Lagos.

The incident occurred at about 10 a.m. on May 27 when a high-tension wire fell on the deceased on Fagbeyiro Street in the Alakuko, Lagos State.

Ofulue said that the committee would meet with members of the deceased’s family to resolve the matter.

He said that the Safety Unit of the company had commiserated with the family.

The official advised Nigerians to always look carefully to ensure that they were not under electricity wire or cable while waiting at bus stops.

“These high-tension wires have been installed close to 60 years back, and it is very risky to be under them when one wants to board a commercial vehicles.

“Even when you see any form of wire-cut or explosion from transformers, the first thing to do is to run away from the area so that if wire or cable falls, it will not affect you.

“Life, they say, has no duplicate; we have continued to warn our people to desist from buildings, selling or loading vehicles under power lines.

“It is even dangerous to hoist flags or install television antenna close to power lines,’’ he said.

Ofulue said that the company had a monitoring team that had the responsibility of monitoring all equipment within the zone.

“This monitoring team gives the company regular details on the state of electricity installations and also solicit the assistance of communities in protecting them.

“We are also educating our consumers on the relevance of all these equipment to them,’’ he said.

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