Woman Electrocuted In Hotel Room On Her Birthday (Photo).

 

Was Funke Balogun, 24, killed? 

Her family is alleging that

she was killed.

But her boyfriend Abolade Adetunji and his family are

claiming that she was electrocuted.

Funke, who was a National Diploma II student of Yaba

College of Technology (YABATECH), was allegedly

electrocuted on a hotel bathroom on Sunday.

The incident happened on 30, Balogun Street, Oshodi in

Lagos where she and Adetunji, lodged in his mother’s

hotel that was commissioned last Thursday.

Her younger sister, Funmi, said Abolade came to pick her

sister at their residence on Saturday around 11pm, adding

that was the last she saw of her.

She said: “Abolade was in a hurry that night and I told my

sister not to go but she picked some of her things and left

with him. On Sunday morning around 7, she called and

said plans had changed that they were not going to the

beach again but to a hotel and since then, we have been

trying her mobile line.

When she didn’t pick her call, I became worried. That day

was her birthday and our mother still called her in the

midnight to pray for her. Even, when my mum called

Abolade’s mobile line, someone picked and said he forgot

his phone and since then his lime has been switched off.”

Funmi said when she and some family members went to

the hotel to check her, they didn’t see her, adding that the

receptionist said Adetunji just stepped out and wasn’t with

a girl.

“Even when we got to Abolade’s house, we were told he

had gone to the beach. Around 8pm on Sunday, my cousin

and I went to the hotel again, I sighted blood on the wall

and when I asked Abolade’s brother, Bayo where my sister

was, he said: ‘at the moment, Funke is dead’; he said it

without remorse and was still icing drinks in the freezer.

Even when we went to the police station, they said they

were not aware of the incident. Is that how my sister will

die? She has been dating him for almost a year.

He just returned from National Youth Service Corps

(NYSC) orientation camp in Anambra State. The boy is very

proud to the extent that whenever he visited her, he

didn’t greet anyone.”

Adetunji told The Nation on his hospital bed yesterday that

the late Funke wanted to have her bath that morning

when they realised there was no toothpaste in the toilet.

He said: “She was already in the bathroom and I went to

meet my brother who was on the same floor with us to get

the toothpaste.

As I returned to the room, I tried to open the toilet door

but it was stiff. As I gained access to the toilet, I met her

on the floor with a shower handle on her right hand. When

I tried to carry her, I didn’t know what happened until I

saw myself on hospital bed.”

At their home, his father, Mr Jamiu Adetunji, A. K.A (Yaro),

said Abolade’s elder brother called their mother that they

needed a doctor.

Adetunji said: “Immediately we took them to Geo Medical

Centre where Funke eventually gave up.

We first took her to General Hospital, Ikeja but she was

rejected because there was none of her family members

with us. It was later we reported the incident to Akinpelu

Police Station where they took the body to Yaba mortuary.

I wouldn’t want to kill someone else’s daughter. Funke

was my son’s girl friend and I told her to help me monitor

his movement because at times he wouldn’t listen and

since he talked about her dearly, I felt she was going to

inspire him. It is really unfortunate. My son has put me in

trouble.

Even when they wanted to know the girl’s full name, I

pinched my son few times just for him to wake up. I have

arrested the electrician that connected light to the building

because last Friday, occupants of the building beside the

hotel complained of shock in their house and I told the

electrician but he refused to come. It was after the

incident he came and was arrested . “

Some family members claimed that the late Funke’s skin

was still fresh when they visited the mortuary, adding that

there was no sign of electrocution except for her swollen

right arm.

The bereaved mother, Mrs Kehinde Balogun, said she still

spoke with her daughter on Sunday morning.

She said:”Funke was my first child and she has a three-

year-old son. The only reason they live alone is because

her school is close to the family house in Oshodi. Why did

they kill my beauty? Why? What have I done to deserve

this? I wish she listened to her sister that night because

she had a dream. I saw my daughter in my sleep this

morning telling me she had returned. It is unfortunate.

I wish it was a reality. It is a big tragedy because where

she died was three houses from where I gave birth to her.

I warned her about him but she told me he was okay and

assured me everything was fine.”

Source: TheNation