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Two residents, Bashirat Rauf, a mother of two
and Sodiq Saka of Araromi Quarters in Ketu,
Lagos State, were both electrocuted when fire
engulfed a school nearby.
Bashirat Rauf was said to have rushed out of her
apartment when she saw fire burning from a
cable in a nearby school.
She reportedly decided to quickly pick her
children who were playing outside in order to
avoid being engulfed by the fire unfortunately,
she got electrocuted in the process.
Meanwhile, 33 year old plank seller,Sodiq Saka,
was said to have gone to fetch water to put off
the fire in the school premises when he saw
flame coming out of their compound and he got
electrocuted in the process.
According to Mr. Saka Imam, The father of late
Sodiq,
“As a Muslim, I have accepted my fate. There is
nothing I could do to bring the dead back to life.
“We were to gather on that fateful day. He was
the one who slaughtered the Sallah ram he
bought for me.
After that, he told me he was coming to get
something down the street, only for someone to
come and call me that my son had been
electrocuted in the neighbourhood.
I was told by some witnesses at the scene of the
incident that my son only went into the
compound of the school premises where it was
burning to assist the owner of the house, only
for him to be electrocuted by the falling cable.
Sodiq was said to had stepped on the naked
cable while trying to put off the fire. What else
do I do, I cannot give birth to a grown up boy
like him.”
The Secretary of Araromi Community
Development Association, Mr.Wahab Awoyemi ,
described the incident as a very sad one for the
residents of Araromi community.
He said:
“It was very sad for us to loose two persons in a
day.The woman was in her apartment that
fateful day preparing meal, when information
got to her that the school near their apartment
was burning.
She rushed out to pick her children who were
playing outside their compound and stepped on
the naked cable. She was electrocuted
immediately.
“We made serious effort to rescue both of them.
We went to Eko distribution company office at
mile 12 to switch off the light.
The person who was supposed to switch off the
power was said not be on duty. But with
providence, they took off the power.
It was after then we were able to remove them
from the burning cable and took them to a
private hospital in the community where they
were later pronounced dead by the medical
doctor of the hospital.”
“Before the ugly incident, we called on Eko
Disco officials to come fix the cable before it
will kill someone in the community. They did
not come until two lives were consumed. We
want government to come to our aid in the
community.





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