An official of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Mr. Samuel Isaac, was yesterday electrocuted in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
Isaac was working on an electric cable at Satellite Junction on NTA Road when the incident occurred. Residents wept at the sight of the body, which was stuck on the high tension pole.
It was learnt that the deceased, who appeared to be middle-aged, was a graduate of Electrical/Electronics Engineering from the Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke.
An eyewitness said a cable got detached while Isaac was working on a 33KVA high tension cable and it fell on him, killing him instantly. His charred remains were deposited at the mortuary of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti.
Ekiti PHCN spokesman Mr. Kayode Brown said the victim and other PHCN staff were in the area to correct some faults that had caused power outage. Brown said he was shocked by the incident because the late Isaac was experienced in the job and had been working with the company since for years.
He said: “We have to get to the root of this matter because back-feeding cases are very rare while working on high tension cables.
Nobody uses generator that could warrant such situation, so we are at a loss about the cause of his death.”
Ado-Ekiti Local Government Chairman Sunday Ibitoye, who was one of the early callers at the scene of the incident, described the situation as unfortunate.
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