•One-year-old baby rescued
Five women, including an expectant mother, were yesterday electrocuted in Agbekoja Market, Apata, Ibadan South West Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The traders were transacting businesses at the vegetable section of the farmers’ market when a high-tension wire suddenly fell on them, killing the five women.
A one-year-old baby boy was, however, rescued alive from the back of his dead mother.
The Chairman of the local government, Taofeek Adeleke, has declared a three-day mourning and ordered the market shut to prevent a breakdown of law and order.
The ever busy market was empty yesterday. Members of the community and the traders were protesting the alleged insensitive attitude of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) workers to their complaints.
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