NEWSLagos electrician found dead in pharmacy’s attic, phone missing

An autopsy report is being awaited by the Lagos State Police Command to clear the air on the cause of death of an electrician, Idris Lasisi.

Idris was found dead in the attic of a pharmacy on Abraham Adesanya Low Cost Housing Estate in Ajah on Monday.

The family of the deceased alleged that he was murdered, claiming that there were bloodstains in his mouth and neck while his phone was not found.

But the pharmacist, identified only as Bayo, claimed that the father of one was electrocuted.

It was gathered that Bayo was being quizzed by the police at the Ogombo division on the circumstances surrounding the electrician’s death.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Bayo had engaged Idris to do some electrical work at the pharmacy on Saturday.

At about 7pm, the 33-year-old was said to have called his wife on the telephone, informing her that he was rounding off.

The wife, Bunmi Lasisi, explained that after awaiting his return for hours, she called his line, but it indicated that it was not reachable.

She said she went to bed, thinking he had gone to pass the night at his elder brother’s residence in Lakowe, Ajah.

She said, “We visited his mother on Saturday at Owode, Ajah. He said he wanted to do a job for Mr. Bayo and he went there from Owode. Around 7pm, he called me and said he was about to leave the pharmacy. He asked me what he should buy for me and I told him to buy apples.

 
 
“I waited for him till around 9pm and his line was not reachable. The following day, I tried calling him again, but his line did not connect. He went there in a car; so I thought he was using it for commercial purposes and believed he would soon return home.

“I informed his mother and she called his elder brother to know his whereabouts. The brother said he did not see him. We called his friends; they said they didn’t see him. It was on Monday that we traced him to the pharmacy and found his corpse in the attic.

“He had injuries in the neck and armpit and blood was in his mouth. The owner of the pharmacy claimed that he was electrocuted; but he was not, he was attacked. He used an earpiece, but we did not find his mobile phone. His car was on the premises.”