The family of the victim requested that the body be released so that it could be buried, and they denied any further inquiry into the occurrence.
Xinfeng Plastics Limited, a facility situated along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State, was the location where Ishaku Monday, a machine operator who was 19 years old, tragically lost his life after getting electrocuted while working there.
Chief Superintendent of Police Omolola Odutola, who serves as the Public Relations Officer for the Ogun State Police Command, verified the incident on Monday.
When the tragedy took place, the boy was running a palletizing machine inside the facility, as stated by Odutola. The incident took place at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Sunday.
His death was confirmed by a physician at the Idera Medical Centre in Sagamu, where he was taken immediately after being evacuated there.
Odutola said, “The Nigerian manager of the company, Francis Felix, reported the incident to the Sagamu Division of the Ogun State Police Command on Monday around 7am.
“The 19-year-old employee was electrocuted while operating a palletising machine assigned to him.
“The victim was rushed to Idera Medical Centre in Sagamu, where the attending doctor confirmed his death while he was receiving treatment.”
It was also mentioned by her that the investigators went to the location in order to take photographs and begin the investigation.
The family of the victim requested that the body be released so that it could be buried, and they denied any further inquiry into the occurrence.
The mortuary at Babcock University Teaching Hospital took possession of the bodies that were found on Monday.