The
Federal government has dispatched a high-powered technical team to the
University of Lagos site, where a 300 level Accounting student, Oluchi Anekwe
was electrocuted.
The
technical team, led by Engr. Peter Ewesor of Nigeria Electricity Management
Services Limited, (NEMSL) has arrived Lagos State and now on ground to commence
its findings.
A Deputy
Director in charge of press at the ministry, Mr. Timothy Oyedeji who disclosed
this in a statement last night in Abuja, said the team was at UNILAG to unravel
the actual cause of the incident.
According
to him, “At the end of the exercise, the team is expected to find out what
actually went wrong and which groups or individuals are culpable after which
appropriate sanction will be forwarded to the regulator – Nigeria Electricity
Regulatory Commission (NERC).
He added
that, “Furthermore, the report will also contain future mitigating measures
that would prevent future occurrence of this kind of fatalities.”
The
statement further quoted the Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Power,
Ambassador Godknows Igali as on behalf of the sector’s family expressing deep
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