According to the details made available by the Public
Relations Officer of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company in Ebonyi, Mr.
Lazarus Chiedozie, the death has occurred of a middle age man named Jonathan
Agwu who was reportedly electrocuted in the course of fixing an electrical
fault. The incident happened at Agba Abor Isu in Onicha local government area
of the state.
He offered a disclaimer on the deceased being a member of
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EDDC in Ebonyi. In his words:
“The man went to do our work; he decided to turn himself into EDDC staff by force by climbing up to jumper line that was isolated by the company to help them trace where there is fault.
“So he went to jumper it on his own, a 33KVA high tension line and unfortunately he paid the ultimate price”.
The deceased according to sources was said to be a native of
Umufu village, Amanato in Isu but was not known to be an EDDC staff in the
state. This comes as a public warning and deterrent to all
unauthorized power engineers working illegally on electric faults in the
country.
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