Eight persons have died in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital after a distribution cable belonging to Power Holding Company of Nigeria snapped and landed on traders at the Apata Market.
The busy market is located in Ibadan South-West Local Government Area.
The cable snapped and fell on some vegetable sellers at the Agbekoja section of the popular market around 7a.m on Monday.
Among the victims is a pregnant woman simply identified as Tawa, said to be the only child of her mother.
Another female casualty was a nursing mother who was electrocuted while her one-year-old son survived.
The spokesperson for the state police command, Mrs. Olabisi Ilobanafor, confirmed the incident, saying only five people died while the survivors were rushed to the hospital for treatment.

http://www.punchng.com/news/eight-die-as-high-tension-cable-lands-on-traders-in-ibadan/

Tragedy!! May there soul RIP

Why would a sane person trade under a high tension cable line? RIP.

In a sane environment, PHCN would be sued and fined heavily.

Unfortunately, the only thing Nigerians know how to do is to say: RIP, omase oh, etc.

Only in an insane country.

Pataki: In a sane environment, PHCN would be sued and fined heavily.

Unfortunately, the only thing Nigerians know how to do is to say: RIP, omase oh, etc.

Only in an insane country.

Fined for what?!...these people have no value for their lives...why trade under a high tension wire?!

Rip

Wait for it:::the blame Goodluck/PDP/Govt guys are just getting on board...

No thanks to a useless leadership, health and safety is not a priority.

Pataki: In a sane environment, PHCN would be sued and fined heavily.

Unfortunately, the only thing Nigerians know how to do is to say: RIP, omase oh, etc.

Only in an insane country.

You cannot sue PHCN. It is illegal to have any structure below a high tension wire. The market women already committed a crime trading under live current so how do you sue PHCN for such? In Lagos houses are build indiscriminably under high tension wire and the occupant of such houses knows the consequence of their action yet they hope nothing bad will happen either in Jesus name or Insha Allah. I am not trying to exonerate PHCN but for this very case, you cannot sue PHCN.

R I P

Arosa: Why would a sane person trade under a high tension cable line? RIP.

damn you man, how could u say that? would u give them money for shops, huh? because u live fine dont think that others live the same way!! requiscant in pace for the dead souls.

Really its very unfortunate. Poverty mentality and disregard for anything short of money has robbed the populace of their ability to think straight.
Its tragic honestly.
I was at the Aleshinloye market (very big and popular market where even elites shop and own shops) and was dumbfounded when i saw that high tension cables were right above the market, yet many thousands of people own shops there and transact business daily, i really think the government should be sued for approving a market in a place like that.

2good:

You cannot sue PHCN. It is illegal to have any structure below a high tension wire. The market women already committed a crime trading under live current so how do you sue PHCN for such? In Lagos houses are build indiscriminably under high tension wire and the occupant of such houses knows the consequence of their action yet they hope nothing bad will happen either in Jesus name or Insha Allah. I am not trying to exonerate PHCN but for this very case, you cannot sue PHCN.

Its PHCN responsibility to ensure such places was never used for business activities in the first place. It was their job to either fine or arrest people who use such places.

Well PHCN cant be fined with all the stupid cables they have kept all over the country. they will be bankrupt if such policies hold.

RIP.

Pataki: In a sane environment, PHCN would be sued and fined heavily.

Unfortunately, the only thing Nigerians know how to do is to say: RIP, omase oh, etc.

Only in an insane country.

Its that same insanity that made people go under the high tension to sell.. Dividends of corruption.

p. rimzi:
Really its very unfortunate. Poverty mentality and disregard for anything short of money has robbed the populace of their ability to think straight.
Its tragic honestly.
I was at the Aleshinloye market (very big and popular market where even elites shop and own shops) and was dumbfounded when i saw that high tension cables were right above the market, yet many thousands of people own shops there and transact business daily, i really think the government should be sued for approving a market in a place like that.

please dont even go there, because nothing good will come out of that. they will just use the opportunity to steal more money and the lawyers will continue adjorning the hearing until u even forget about da case! i trust naija government and lawyers and i know what they are capable of, believe me.

Sky-walker:


Its PHCN responsibility to ensure such places was never used for business activities in the first place. It was their job to either fine or arrest people who use such places.

Well PHCN cant be fined with all the stupid cables they have kept all over the country. they will be bankrupt if such policies hold.

First, it is not PHCN's responsibility to prevent people from selling under high tension wire as there are other government agencies like Kick Against Indiscipline(KAI) etc. responsible for that.

You speak like you are not in Nigeria where government agency like KAI regularly arrest these people, seize their goods and immediately the KAI official leave, people come back. Infact the KAI officials are insulted and labelled wicked for seizing the goods of these people. What else do you want government to do?

Fucking sue PHCN's arses off. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: high tension wires have got no business in a populated area. They should be underground. As should any electric wire.
On another note, do you know that just a glass of water can power Lagos for 1 year? https://www.nairaland.com/973294/theres-enough-energy-glass-water

ballabriggs: No thanks to a useless leadership, health and safety is not a priority.

Sadly, Nigerians dnt value those kinda things..

May their soul rest in perfect peace.

nawa for phcn oh ,light no they dey d little one way dem bring na kill in kill person abeg make inner tell federal government say we no need der light again ohh i better pass my neibour don full every where now,well sha the affected people may der soul rest in peace sha, see dat woman wey get belle just imagine and dat one way dey nurse dat small child just die like dat sha, so people at least dat one go make us know say to dey stay under high cable no good oh,phcn pls no bring light again oh make una no kon dey use dat one as another means of electrocute haram.

Have mercy oh God....

2good:
First, it is not PHCN's responsibility to prevent people from selling under high tension wire as there are other government agencies like Kick Against Indiscipline(KAI) etc. responsible for that.

You speak like you are not in Nigeria where government agency like KAI regularly arrest these people, seize their goods and immediately the KAI official leave, people come back. Infact the KAI officials are insulted and labelled wicked for seizing the goods of these people. What else do you want government to do?

it's PCHN responsibility to ensure their cables/sites are cordoned off so people cant trade under them! juts like train companies would get the blame for not blocking off acess to their train tracks, you build things with safety in mind not the other way round expecting people not to go there

oh! what a tragedy!!
it is time traders are made to sell their stuff in a store/plaza/ etc

everywhere in Ibadan is a market place. what a long stretch of markets from dugbe/sango/ui/ etc

Pataki: In a sane environment, PHCN would be sued and fined heavily.

Unfortunately, the only thing Nigerians know how to do is to say: RIP, omase oh, etc.

Only in an insane country.

umm se oju e ni yi?

Pataki, longest of time.

sisi don seize you ni.

I'am very sure that after this incident other traders will take the place of the dead traders under the high tension cables hoping that God will save them from another calamity.

Oh my God phcn don't turn to BH in south west, BH using bomb while phcn using power

Its illegal to build under high tension cable, RIP souls, afterlife is fun.

may thier soul rest in perfect peace

What doesn't kill in this county. Bokoharam go kill, plane go kill, cable sef go kill. Wetin come remain? Very soon people will start dying from goat bites.

Chaos rains in dysfunctional countries! So much unnecessary tragedy everywhere!

May their souls rest in peace, Amen.

Power companies, railroad companies, oil companies, telecommunication companies, gas companies and other such utility companies and so on. . . usually have an easement area called "right of way". The utility is expected to post notice in its right of way to advise of property rights, danger and hazards around installations and to warn people to stay off the vicinity or immediate environs of such installations. Part of this notice will include notice to trespassers with warning of legal action and liabilities.

Can anyone confirm that a post similar to this exist where this incident occurred? If no post exist, the electrical company is guilty of endangerement to the public and can be sued to recover damages and penalties, even in Nigeria.

As tragidies like dis befall d poor, we have Plane crash for the rich folks. . . We NIGERIANS should stop pointing fingers and solve our problems. . . E fit be u tomorrow