The Federal
Government on Thursday said it has dispatched a high-powered technical
team to examine the location where a 300-level Accounting student,
Oluchi Anekwe, was reportedly electrocuted at the University of Lagos.
It said the
technical team, led by the Managing Director of the Nigeria Electricity
Management Services Limited, Engr. Peter Ewesor, had arrived Lagos and
were on the ground to commence investigations into the matter.
“At the end
of the exercise, the team is expected to find out what actually went
wrong and which group or individuals are culpable after which
appropriate sanction will be forwarded to the regulator, Nigeria
Electricity Regulatory Commission,” the Permanent Secretary, Federal
Ministry of Power, Dr. Godknows Igali, said in a statement.
He said the
team would come up with a report, adding that the report would also
contain future mitigating measures that would prevent such kind of
occurrences.
Igali
expressed condolences to the bereaved family on behalf of the sector
and noted that the ministry would ensure that proper investigation was
done on the matter and culprits brought to book.
According to
media reports, Anekwe was returning to her room in Sodeinde New Hall on
the campus when a high tension wire snapped and fell on her.
It was also
reported that the pole from which the wire fell had been faulty for a
while but was left unattended to by the school management.
“This was
despite the fact that the institution had its own electricity
distribution cable which it monitored, inspected and fixed in case of
any problem,” the statement said.
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