Two seven-year-old boys die after live wire falls on shop in Ondo

Two seven-year-old boys person died aft being electrocuted by a fallen unrecorded electrical ligament successful Idanre, Ondo State.

The victims, identified arsenic Oloyede Ayo and Clinton Koleola, were reportedly wrong a store on Apefon Road erstwhile the unrecorded ligament abruptly fell onto the building.

An eyewitness said the incidental triggered panic successful the country arsenic the boys attempted to fly the store pursuing the autumn of the wire.

According to the eyewitness, the children came into interaction with the unrecorded ligament portion trying to escape, resulting successful their electrocution and consequent deaths.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Ondo State Police Command, Jimoh Abayomi, said an probe had commenced to found the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.

Abayomi said preliminary findings showed that the unrecorded electrical ligament abruptly fell connected the store and electrocuted the children arsenic they tried to escape.

The constabulary spokesperson sympathised with the families of the deceased, describing the incidental arsenic a achy loss.

He assured that the bid would behaviour a thorough probe into the c...