A carpenter and his wife have been killed in an unfortunate circumstance as he carried out his work.
Muritador Ajayi and his wife Taiye
There was confusion even as tears flowed in the Mushin area of Lagos State after a 51-year-old carpenter, Muritador Ajayi, was electrocuted by a live high-tension wire.
According to Punch Metro, the deceased was working on the roof of a building under construction on Bamigboye Street, when power was suddenly restored to the area.
Muritador’s hammer was said to have touched the wire as he raised it to drive in a nail, which led to his electrocution. He was rushed to a general hospital, where he was confirmed dead.
It was gathered that his wife, Taiye, on getting the sad news, collapsed and was taken to a private hospital where she also died.
Punch reports that one of the deceased’s children, Sunkanmi, explained that both victims had been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.
Sunkanmi, who was with his father when the incident happened, said it took about 10 minutes after he fell off the roof before he could get help.
He said, “It was around 9am last Friday that the incident happened. My father was contracted to roof the house which was under construction. There was a high-tension wire that passed near the roof of that particular house.
“He had asked me to lift a plank for him so he could lay it on the roof. I just noticed that he fell off the roof; I thought his feet slipped. I later realised that it was when he lifted the hammer that he was electrocuted and fell.
“I saw him vomiting blood and I started shouting for help, but nobody came. It was as if the area was deserted.”
He said some residents heard his cry about 10 minutes later and assisted in taking his father to the Mushin General Hospital.
Another child of the family, Yusuf, said Taiye, who was their father’s second wife, followed them to the hospital.
He said, “The doctor asked us to take our father into the ward, and we were asked to wait outside. My father’s second wife followed us to the hospital and waited at the gate.
“But someone took her to a shop and it was there that a child went to break the news to her that her husband was dead; she collapsed immediately. She was taken to a private hospital on Araromi Street, where she was also pronounced dead.”
It was gathered that Taiye had yet to give birth to any child for Muritador before her demise.
The case was reported at the Olosan Police Division.