17 years old boy electrocuted in Lagos, police arrest step father

The Police Command in Lagos State have announced the death of a 17-year-old boy, who was electrocuted while working with his stepfather at a building construction site.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this announcement this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Ikeja the Lagos state capital.
The PPRO stated that the mother of the boy, (Name withheld), reported the case to the Agbado Police Division on Aug. 2, at 1.00 p.m.
FUSION CHRONICLES NIGERIA NEWSPAPER gathered that the aggrieved woman reported that at about 12.30 p.m. on the same day, she received a phone call from her younger brother about the incident.
According to the woman, her brother said that her son followed her husband (his step-father), a welder by profession, to build a scaffolding in a building under construction at Church Street, Alagbado.
Hundeyin said: “In the process of work, the boy stepped on life wire that was carelessly connected from an electric pole and he died on the spot.
“He was rushed to the hospital and was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.
“The scene was visited by a team of detectives from the division.
“The corpse has been removed from the scene.
“However, no mark of violence was seen.
The step father has been brought to the station for questioning