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Osun student electrocuted with plugged phone

A 100-level student of University of Ilesa, Osun State, Gbolahan Ojolo, has reportedly died of electrocution triggered by lightning strike in his hall of residence in Ilesa, the Nation reports. Ojolo, a student in the Department of Business Administration, was said to be charging his phone and playing a game on it at the same time when thunder struck. Confirming the incident in a statement on Saturday, the Registrar of the University, Funso Ojo, said the incident happened on Friday. Ojo’s statement partly read, “The Management of the University of Ilesa, Osun State, deeply regrets to announce the tragic and untimely death of one of its students, Gbolahan Ojolo, a 100 Level student of the Department of Business Administration. “The unfortunate incident occurred in the evening of Friday, April 18, 2025. Gbolahan was electrocuted while playing a game on his mobile phone, which was being charged in his room at a private hostel located near the Prototype Engineering Development Institute ju...
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Poor Power supply in Osun unacceptable, Adeleke Tells IBEDC



Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has called on the management of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company to urgently address the current irregular power supply in the state.

Adeleke, who made the demand at a meeting held with the management of the company in Ibadan, Oyo State, described the state as a critical stakeholder in the Nigerian power sector with Osogbo, the state capital, hosting the National Transmission Control Centre.

The governor said it was “unacceptable that the state will be having an epileptic power supply,” the situation he stressed has been affecting the local economy and businesses badly.

A statement by the spokesperson for the governor, Olawale Rasheed, on Saturday quoted Adeleke as saying, “Apart from the fact that power outages contribute to growing insecurity, there are also issues of extortion of customers through transformer procurement, estimated billing that exploits the consumers and inability of some residents of the state to buy energy due to the old metering system.

“To this effect, Osun is already working to enact the State’s Electricity System Law that will enable it to set up a Power Sector Regulatory Agency with a view to ensuring that people of Osun State are properly served within IBEDC franchise areas.

“As a government, we are already working to enact the Osun Electricity system law. We will be setting up a power sector regulatory agency. We will introduce off grid options and widen alternative energy sources.”

Responding, the Managing Director of IBEDC, Mr. Kingsley Achiefe, commended Adeleke for the interface, saying the firm was ready to collaborate with the government with a view to serving their customers better

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