Food vendor dies inside UNILAG campus

Unilag gate

A male food vendor, identified simply as Lekan, died on Sunday morning at the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba campus.

PUNCH Metro gathered from eyewitnesses that the vendor was electrocuted at a water point within the campus premises.

The incident reportedly occurred in the morning at the South Side of the Idi-Araba campus when Lekan allegedly went to dispose of waste and stopped to wash his hands.

A student, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the incident, said the deceased was elect rocuted after holding a metal railing near a tap.

The Secretary-General of the UNILAG Students’ Union Government, Joshua Saanumi, also confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with PUNCH Metro on Sunday.

He said, “From the report we got, he wanted to dispose of waste. After that, he went to wash his hands at a tap. When he finished washing, he wanted to turn off the tap and held a railing close to it. That was how he got electrocuted,” said the insider.

According to the source, the student was alone at the scene when the incident occurred and only got help after a security operative noticed the situation and raised the alarm.

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