35 Year-old Electricity Worker Electrocuted In Asaba

            
Tragedy struck on Wednesday night in Asaba ,
capital of Delta state , when a 35 year-old staff
of Benin Electricity Distribution Company
(BEDC ) , identified as Bright Ekene
Abunwaeze , was electrocuted

It was gathered that the deceased met his
untimely death while attempting to fix an
apparently faulty 450 KVA high tension wire on
Nnebisi road service unit Asaba .


An eyewitnesses who declined to be named ,
reported that the late BEDC worker arrived at
the scene of the incident in a Hilux van with
two other members of staff of the company at
about 8: 00 p. m . , to effect repairers on the high
tension line .

“We saw 3 BEDC staff when they came with a
Hilux van at about 8: 00 pm and started
climbing up that night . We were wondering
how they were working at that time . A few
minutes after , we saw light sparking at the top
of the pole where the man was working on.

The man was shocked and hanged on the pole
for a while , but he later fell down. His hand
was burnt and smoke was coming out from his
nose and ear . Eventually his head bursted, ” the
eyewitness reported .

It was learnt that his two other colleagues
upon seeing what happened, took to their
heels.

The Asaba Business District Public Relation
Officer of the company , Mrs . Esther Okolie ,
who confirmed the incident, described the
death of the deceased as a big loss to the
company, adding that, the deceased was one
of their best and most dedicated staff .

Mrs . Okolie stated that investigation was
ongoing to unravel how a high tension wire
that was without current could electrocute the
staff
S:PMnews