Teenage machine operator electrocuted in Ogun
A 19-year-old machine operator, Ishaku Monday, has lost his life due to electrocution at Xinfeng Plastics Limited, situated in the Sagamu area along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State.
The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Police Omolola Odutola, disclosed this to PUNCH Metro on Monday.
Odutola stated that the teenager was operating a palletising machine inside the factory around 7:30pm on Sunday when he suffered the fatal electric shock.
The victim was reportedly rushed to a medical centre, where a doctor on duty pronounced him dead.
Odutola stated, “The Nigerian manager of the company, Francis Felix, reported the incident to the Sagamu Division of the Ogun State Police Command on Monday around 7am.
“The 19-year-old employee was electrocuted while operating a palletising machine assigned to him.
“The victim was rushed to Idera Medical Centre in Sagamu, where the attending doctor confirmed his death while he was receiving treatment.
“His corpse was deposited at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital mortuary by the company’s staff. Upon receiving the report, a team of detectives visited the scene and took photographs for investigation.”
However, the command stated that the victim’s family insisted they were not interested in an investigation and requested the release of the corpse for immediate burial.
Uthman, a Mass Communication graduate from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has over six years experience in journalism. He reports crime to community-related news for Metro, business with a focus on the capital market and the oil and gas.
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