The management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc. indicated on Saturday that investigation had commenced to unearth the remote and immediate causes of the electrical accident that led to the death of a commercial motorcyclist and his passenger in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The Okada rider, Mr Oladeji Olatunji Kango, and his passenger, Mrs Kemi Adegoke, were said to have died as a result of an electrical accident that happened along Iwo/Adogba Road, Ibadan on Thursday while they were in transit to other part of the city.
It was gathered that the Okada rider, while trying to beat traffic along Iwo/Adogba Road, Ibadan on Thursday, stopped at a point for the road to clear before proceeding on their journey when the electrical wires fell on them and resulted to their death.
Expressing shock at the tragedy, the management of IBEDC, in a statement made available to Oyo Reporters on Saturday, stated that it would get to the root of the matter in a bid to avert a repeat of such incident.
The Chief Operating Officer of the company, John Ayodele, in the statement, added that they were working in concert with families of the deceased to give them succour.
The statement read in part, “The management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc. hereby deeply commiserates with the families of Mr Oladeji Olatunji Kango and Mrs Kemi Adegoke who died as a result of an electrical accident that happened along Iwo/Adogba Road, Oyo State.
“We are currently working with families of the deceased at this difficult period to help provide some measure of succour.
“Investigations have begun to ascertain the facts of the case, whilst all necessary protocols and reports to the regulatory authorities have been initiated.
“Our team of engineers are already carrying out safety routine maintenance to forestall such occurrences.”
