THERE was pandemonium at Satellite neighbourhood/NTA Road in Ado-Ekiti,
the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, as a man identified as Mr Samuel
Job Isaac was electro-cuted while working on an electrical fault in the
area.
Isaac, who died on the spot, was said to be a worker of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
The
deceased, said to be an Electrical/Electro-nics Engineering gra-duate
of the Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, allegedly met his
death when a high tension cable landed on him while trying to repair a
fault on the electrical pole.
His body, which was badly burnt,
was said to have been deposited at the morgue of Ekiti State University
Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti.
The public relations
officer of the Ekiti PHCN district, Mr Kayode Brown, said the victim was
working on the feeder to detect fault on the high tension, which had
caused power outage in the area.
He said Isaac was employed
about three years ago and had cognate experience to handle such
electrical work, adding that the victim might have died of what he
called “back-feed” on the high tension.
Chairman of Ado Local
Government Area of the state, Mr Sunday Ibitoye, who visited the scene
of the incident, expressed shock about the incident.
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