Man Electrocuted
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a man has been electrocuted near the Faculty of Education building, close to the Department of Economics of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State.
The suspected cable thief was said to have finished cutting a cable from a high-tension pole before he was electrocuted as power was suddenly restored by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company.
It was gathered that the incident occurred late on Monday.
The lifeless body was discovered dangling on the high-tension pole on Wednesday morning where employees of the electricity distribution company were seen evacuating the corpse from the pole.
As of the time of filing this report, electricity distribution officials, policemen, and officials of the safety department of the university were still retrieving the lifeless body of the suspect from the electric pole where he was suspended.
An official in the university who craved anonymity because he was not authorised to do so, said, “We came this morning and found the body suspended from the electric pole at a transformer point in the area of the new Faculty of Education building, close to the Department of Economics.
Click to watch our video of the week
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect early Wednesday, following an announcement by U.S.…
The naira appreciated against the dollar at the foreign exchange market amid the Central Bank…
Ekohotblog reports that the Yoruba Obas Forum, composed of royal fathers from across Yoruba land,…