File photo of an electrician working on a power line
By Sunny A. David, Onitsha
A 36-year-old man, who is a staff of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), Okpoko service center, Okpokro in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State has been electrocuted.
In a statement release in Awka by the PPRO, Anambra State Police Command, Mr. Haruna Mohammed (SP) said on November 9, 2018, at about 7:20pm one Mr. Oduah Neboliza and a feeder manager of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Okpoko service center reported at Okpoko Police Division that same day at about 7pm while on duty along Onitsha-Owerri Road Okpoko, one of his staff Mr. Ezenwosu Chukwudi was electrocuted on a pole and fell while rectifying a electrical fault.
According to him, the scene of the incident was visited by Police Patrol team attached to Okpoko Division and victim was immediately rushed to Bex Memorial Hospital Awada for treatment but was certified dead on arrival by the doctor.
The corpse has been deposited at the mortuary for postmortem examination and case under investigation to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident.
A source in the area who confirmed the incident but does not want to be mentioned in the print told our correspondent that the deceased was trying to work on a faulty line and in the process was electrocuted.
