Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of an 18-year-old male student of Lagos State Skills Acquisition Centre Technical School, Egan, identified simply as Oluwaseun.
According to The PUNCH, the State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the incident on Sunday.
It was said that the the student died in an elevator accident that occurred at a construction site in the Ikoyi area of the state.
The incident was said to have occured on Wednesday, December 6 while the deceased victim was observing his Industrial Training programme with the company.
It was learnt that Oluwaseun who hails from Kwara State, resumed with some of the construction workers on the day of the incident and was said to have been on the site until evening when he was last seen.
It was, however, said that some of the engineers who resumed on Thursday observed that one of the lift shafts was not working.
A construction worker who identified himself simply as Dennis disclosed on Sunday that the engineers later forced the elevator open which led to the discovery of the deceased’s corpse inside.
According to Dennis who works close to the site,“He (Oluwaseun) joined the company working on the site a few months ago. He resumed in the morning and closed almost the same time other workers closed. But the last time he was seen on Wednesday was around 5pm and by the time other engineers closed, they thought he had gone home. When they resumed the next day, they discovered that the lift shaft was not working any longer. They later forced it open around 3pm and saw the IT student lying lifeless inside.”
“When the project manager saw the body, he left and reported at the police station. A team of policemen later came to the site and took pictures of the body. The officers also took it to the hospital where he was declared dead by the doctor on duty,” he said.
A police source in the area who preferred anonymity as he was not in the position to speak on the incident stated that some physical injuries were seen on the corpse before he was evacuated.
“We found some physical injuries on the body which suggested that he could have fallen from the lift shaft. His family has been contacted,” the police said.
Confirming the incident, Hundeyin said, “The corpse has been deposited in the morgue for autopsy. Investigation is ongoing to unravel the cause of his death.”
