Family members of Lagos-based electrician, Yusuf Balogun, have tackled the Eko Electricity Distribution Plc for failing to update them on the cause of his death.
It was earlier reported that the Yusuf got electrocuted during an attempt to restore power supply to households on Ladipo Labinjo Street, off Coker Road, in the Surulere area of the state.
The deceased was said to have visited the community to fix a persistent electrical malfunction that had been depriving residents of access to the power supply alongside four other colleagues on March 27, 2023.
It was said that the deceased had nearly completely fixing the damaged light when the power supply was suddenly restored in the community.
He was immediately electrocuted and fell to the ground from the electric pole, sustaining varying degrees of injury around his head, face, legs, and arms.
According to reports, the late electrician was rushed to Balogun to the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta by residents in the community.
He, however, lost his life while receiving treatment.
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Mrs Titilayo Balogun, the wife of the deceased narrated how she got to know of what befell her husband.
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.
“When I was entering the hospital, I heard people discussing the incident. They kept saying that there were five of them, including my husband that went to the place to fix the pole but none of them was available at the hospital.
“We buried him the next day but to date, there has been no news from his company, no news on the other four colleagues that were with him at the scene of the incident either. What they did to my husband is bad, he was a team leader and deserved more than this.”
The company has also failed to communicate with the bereaved family since the death of Balogun, a petition filed by lawyers for the deceased family, Titilope Anifowose and Abiola Ibrahim revealed.
The petition read in part, “The wife requested explanations but no one including one ‘Baba Orobo,’ a senior EKEDC worker, could give any tangible explanation as to the cause of the accident and the reason why it took hours for him to receive medical attention. No explanation could be given as to the whereabouts of his clothes and belongings.
“After a protest by the wife, the deceased’s identity card, ATM, and cell phone were produced. By Islamic rite, his body was taken by his family to his house for burial the next day. Sadly at the burial, no official from EKEDC showed up, and neither did his family receive any contact or visitation from his office.”
The family, in the petition, demanded N250m as compensation for Balogun being a breadwinner and father of three children.