PHCN Official Electrocuted in Ado-Ekiti
Friday, October 19, 2012Omoba
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.
Source: The Nation
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