08095156374He was said to be working for the Eko Electricity Distribution Plc as of the time of the incident but the firm had since faulted the claim, saying the deceased was a member of a field team engaged under a contract for services with a third-party human resource service provider.
The family of Yusuf Balogun, an electrician, has cried out in horror at the tragedy that has befallen them.
The family has been grieving after the man got electrocuted during an attempt to restore power supply to households on Ladipo Labinjo Street, off Coker Road, in the Surulere area of Lagos State.
He was said to be working for the Eko Electricity Distribution Plc as of the time of the incident but the firm had since faulted the claim, saying the deceased was a member of a field team engaged under a contract for services with a third-party human resource service provider.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Balogun, alongside four other colleagues, visited the community to fix a persistent electrical malfunction that had been depriving residents of access to the power supply.
During the operation on March 27, 2023, it was learnt that the electrician was on the brink of completing the job on the electric pole when the power supply was suddenly restored in the community.
The sudden power restoration electrocuted Balogun who was working on the pole and he fell to the ground, and in the process, sustained varying degrees of injury around his head, face, legs, and arms.
It took the intervention of residents in the community to rush Balogun to the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, where he died while receiving treatment.
Speaking with our correspondent, the deceased’s wife, Titilayo, said she was at work when her brother-in-law informed her of her husband’s condition, adding that she broke down in tears when she saw the lifeless remains of her husband in the hospital.
Titilayo said, “My brother-in-law called me around 5.30pm to come to the hospital as my husband had been taken there. I left my workplace in shock and immediately went to the FMC, Ebute Metta.
“When I got there, I was devastated seeing my husband’s corpse inside the ambulance; I kept on screaming and asking what happened but no one could tell me anything.
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