A 35-year-old woman, Loretta Ewere, has been
electrocuted at her fiance’s home on Ajoke Kazeem
Street in the Idimu area of Lagos State.
Ewere’s fiancé, Segun
Tolani, was fixing an electrical fault when the
incident happened.
She was said to have been rushed to a private
hospital in the area but was rejected before being
confirmed dead at the Igando General Hospital.
Ewere and Tolani had scheduled their wedding for
November and preparation was in top gear when
tragedy struck.
A resident, who did not want to be identified, said
the incident happened around 1pm on Saturday,
adding that it created chaos in the neighbourhood.
He said,
“The man had wanted to change his old cable TV
decoder and antenna. When power was restored,
he discovered that he didn’t have electricity in his
house.
“He wanted to do it himself, but neighbours
advised him to get the service of an electrician. He
contacted an electrician who billed him N2,500.
But he said the charge was too high. He decided
to go and rent a wooden ladder from someone in
the area.
“He mounted the ladder on the wall and called the
lady from inside the room to assist him in holding
the ladder. She held the ladder with one hand and
held an iron pole beside the room with the other
hand.
“While he was working, the wire fell and touched
the pole she was holding and that was how she
was electrocuted.”
Tolani called for help
from a next-door neighbour, whose wife reportedly
rushed to the scene to pull out the victim with her
bare hands.
She was reportedly flung by the electric current.
An electrician was said to have been invited, who
then disconnected the power.
“The woman fell down and hit her head against the
concrete floor. People tried to resuscitate her by
giving her milk; but she didn’t come round. A lot
of time had been wasted. She was rushed to a
private hospital in the area, but she was rejected.
“We took her to the general hospital, where she
was confirmed dead. Her corpse was deposited in
a mortuary,” another resident said.
Ewere, an indigene of
Ewuru, Delta State, worked in Union Diagnostics, a
medical lab in Ikeja, while Tolani, who hails from
Ekiti State, worked with an insurance company.
A relative, who identified himself simply
as Charles, blamed the incident on Tolani’s
stinginess.
He explained that the duo had been living together
for the past four years, adding that the two families
had started preparation for their wedding.
He said,
“They did their introduction four years ago and
since then, they had been staying together. Their
marriage was slated for November and the two
families have bought clothes and sent invitation to
people.
“Around 1pm of the day that she died, she called
one of her friends that she would be going to shop
for the wedding, not knowing that she would die
that day.
“It was the man’s stinginess that killed her. If he
had paid someone to fix the electrical fault, this
would not have happened.”
Meanwhile, friends of the victim have started
paying tributes to her on the social media.
One of them, Kehinde, wrote on Facebook,
“Loretta (Ewere), a member of the Purchasing and
Supply Students Association, The Polytechnic
Ibadan, was kind-hearted, brilliant and reserved.
The industrious lady was preparing for her last
two exams (slated for October 4 and 6) left for her
to become a graduate when she died. We love
you, but God loves you most. I pray He accepts
your soul and comforts your household.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo
Badmos, confirmed the incident.
She said the corpse had been deposited in a
mortuary for autopsy.
She said,
“The woman, Loretta Ewere, was electrocuted
around 9am. She was living with one Segun
Tolani, to whom she was supposed to be married
next month. They were fixing a GoTV antenna
when power was suddenly restored. Ewere, who
was holding the antenna wire, was electrocuted.
The corpse has been deposited in a mortuary for a
post-mortem examination.”
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