Tragedy befell the residents of No 7 Alimotu Sadia street, Cele,
Lagos when one of the occupants of the house, Mr. Mutiu Owo fell inside
a pit latrine and died yesterday morning
The deceased was a commercial bus driver plying Ikeja-Obalende route, Lagos State.
Narrating the incident, his neighbour Prophet Soji Ademuyiwa of
Celestial Church Ogudu Parish, Lagos said the driver, an indigene of
Ekiti State, fell inside the pit latrine in an attempt to ease himself
in the early hours of yesterday morning. The driver was said to have
sank because of the heavy rainfall at that time.
The prophet said the driver who was a father of two, wanted to take
his bath but when he found out that a co-tenant was bathing, he went to
ease himself in another toilet, which was dilapidated.
The tenants of the house where the incident occurred claimed that
they had complained about the life threatening state of their house and
latrine to their landlady, who lives outside the neighbourhood but all
pressure to make her fix it and make it habitable was met with brick
walls as she kept postponing the repairs.
It was also gathered that the condition of the toilet worsened this morning after the heavy rain.
The house of Owoh was besieged by neighbours and sympathisers, as they
troop in to console the widowed wife, who sells fruits at Alade Market,
Ikeja Lagos, while the remains of the driver has been removed from the
latrine
Source: Dailypost
Reports from Ede-Oballa, says more than 60 guests developed
severe stomach problems after the funereal ceremony, prompting their
immediate hospitalization. Investigation by Sunday Sun showed that all
the popular hospitals in the university town of Nsukka including the
Catholic Mission- owned Bishop Shanahan have been flooded with the
victims who were said to be in critical conditions. A woman was said to
be the first casualty of the meat poisoning followed by three girls
while it was feared that two others who are not natives of the
community also died.
FRSC Unit Commander, Ijebu-Ode Sector Commander of the Federal Road
Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Seidu Isha Osilama, who confirmed the
incident, said it occurred at about mid-day. He added that among the
survivors of the unfortunate auto mishap was a pregnant woman whom he
said hung on a tree branch after bus plunged into the river. According
to him, the FRSC officials arrived the scene of the accident few
minutes after it occurred and they were able to rescue the three
survivors because they fell off the bus and landed on tree. 
Narrating the incident, his neighbour Prophet Soji Ademuyiwa of
Celestial Church Ogudu Parish, Lagos said the driver, an indigene of
Ekiti State, fell inside the pit latrine in an attempt to ease himself
in the early hours of yesterday morning. The driver was said to have
sank because of the heavy rainfall at that time.
