In Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, a woman, her son, and one other person have been reportedly electrocuted at Mowe market.

This incident occurred on Monday, shortly after the electricity distribution company restored powe, following Sunday rainstorm, which brought about an electric spark in the market.

A source who witnessed  the electric shock which broke out from the step-down transformer suspended on an electrical pole next to the shop where the incident happened at the time the shop owners arrived for their daily sales in the market.

The eyewitness said, “A female trader was said to have been electrocuted alongside her son and another person in the market. About four persons were also injured in the incident.

This incident was confirmed to the newsmen by the Director of Information of Obafemi Owode Local Government, Segun Soneye, in Abeokuta.

He explained that the woman “was burnt into ashes.”

Segun, put the blame of the incident on the erection of shops made of iron under the powerline by the traders.

He said, the Council Chairman, Lanre Ogunsola, had visited the affected shop owners and sympathized with them over the incident.

Soneye said the LG boss had already given shop owners a seven-day ultimatum to evacuate their make-shift shops built under the high tension powerline to forestall the recurrence of the incident.

However, other victims still under treatment at Mowe Health Post, were visited by the council boss and were also assured of quality medical care with all the expenses to be paid by the government.

Omolola Odutola, the Police Spokesman,  also confirmed the incident but said only the mother, Ujuwa Okechukwu, died.

She said that about four injured victims are currently receiving treatment at Babcock University Teaching Hospital.