Tragedy on Sunday struck as a staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company BEDC, was electrocuted while carrying out repairs on a 33KVA line at Evwreni community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
Though the report is sketchy, it was gathered that the deceased simply identified as Kingsley was electrocuted while he was trying to reconnect damaged cable on the High tension cable transmitting current to Uwheru, Patani Bomadi and communities in the state.
A source from the who spoke on anonymous condition disclosed that Mr Kingsley climb up the High tension pole and in the process of working on the line, light was restored.
He is from Evwreni community and we know him as a BEDC Staff all these years until the unfortunate incident occurred on Sunday afternoon.
Contacted, the BEDC Public Relations Officer, Evelyn Gbiwen said, “I am on leave and I have not been briefed and now that you have told me, let me do my findings, if anything of such happened, it will be mailed to email box”