Father cries for compensation over son’s electrocution

The father of Ayodele Samuel, a seven- year-old boy electrocuted by live electricity cable belonging to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) in Kabusa area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has appealed to the power firm, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) for urgent compensation to avoid litigation, reports JOHN OFIKHENUA.

MR Tade Ayodele, a spray painter left in grief by his seven-year-old son, Samuel Ayodele’s electrocution at Kabusa in FCT during the week told The Nation that AEDC has refused to act after the fateful incident of November 9, 2015.

Speaking with The Nation, the father of the deceased complained that after petitioning NERC and CPC, neither of the organisations had addressed the situation with necessary compensation.

The visibly shaken parent, who had accepted the irreversibility of death, noted that he would not hesitate to take the power company, CPC and NERC to court should they refuse to act appropriately and in record time.

He said: “It is clear that there is nothing one can do to revive Samuel. But the company and all the government agencies I wrote the petition to have refused to act. They should do the right thing by paying compensation, but if they refuse to do that nothing will stop me from going to court.”