Ademola Ayokanmi Daily : UNILAG Electrocution: Federal Government dispatches high-powered technical team to Lagos to investigate the death of Oluchi Aniekwe

Managing Director of the Nigeria Electricity Management Services Limited, Engr. Peter Ewesor, led a high-powered Federal Government technical team to Lagos to investigate the issues that led to the death of Oluchi Anekwe, a 300 level, first class accounting student of University of Lagos who was reportedly electrocuted in University of Lagos campus on Tuesday while returning from evening mass.

Oluchi Aniekwe

Before the team left Abuja for Lagos, Dr. Godknows Igali who is the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power while specifying the assignment before the Federal Government team said:

“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 team of experts, he said would submit a report and technical advice on future mitigating measures that would prevent such occurrences.

Since her demise of Oluchi Aniekwe, UNILAG community has been plunged into crisis as fellow students boycotted all academic works and protested to register their annoyance and displeasure on the school managrment response to Aniekwe’s death. An injustice to one is an injustice to all, aluta continua, victoria acerta.

May Oluchi Aniekwe soul rest in perfect peace, amen.