University student electrocuted while retrieving ball in Osun

A student of the Obafemi Awolowo University’s Centre for Distance Learning, CDL, Ile-Ife, was electrocuted on Saturday evening while attempting to retrieve a football in Moro, Osun State.

The incident reportedly occurred at a private hostel situated along the Moro–Ife Road, where the student had been playing football with friends.

An eyewitness to the incident disclosed that the ball had strayed into a nearby compound, prompting the deceased to scale the fence in an…