Nigeria: Electrocution - Boy,14, Electrocuted in Benin

31 March 2014

Tears flowed freely at Oguola Primary School, Benin City, Edo State, when a 14-year-old pupil of the school was electrocuted while serving punishment given to him by his class teacher.

The late pupil whose name could not be ascertained at the time of this report was in the premises of the Father Tansi Catholic Parish on Aburime Street, near New Benin Market, in the state capital, when the incident occured.

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