In a heart-wrenching incident that unfolded in the Mushin area of Lagos State, a yet-to-be-identified mother is currently fighting for her life after tragically losing two of her children to electrocution on Thursday.
According to The PUNCH, sources within the neighborhood disclosed that the victims of this devastating accident were a 10-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother.
The incident occurred when they attempted to switch on the television upon returning home from school.
Reports suggest that at the time of the tragic event, the parents of the children might have been away or inside a room, unaware of the unfolding disaster.
Upon discovering the fate of their offspring, the parents were plunged into deep despair. The mother, upon learning of the tragedy, reportedly fainted and is now hospitalized, where she is battling for her own life.
One resident of the area, Toyosi, described the incident as nothing short of a diabolical occurrence.
She added, “I heard that it was after school on Thursday, the girl was trying to turn on the TV from the socket when she got electrocuted. Without even knowing what had happened to his older sister, the younger boy went to touch her, he too got electrocuted.
“They stayed at that spot until the light was taken and then they fell. I heard the woman is still at the hospital. She has yet to recover from the shock. We heard that when people went to visit her, she couldn’t talk, she couldn’t cry, she just sat at a spot, looking.”
Another neighbour, who did not want to be identified, revealed that the mother of the children had a third kid she was breastfeeding when the two older ones died.
