BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE
BENIN – A middle-aged man
identified as Friday Ekuase was,
Monday, electrocuted in Benin
following an early morning
downpour.
Vanguard gathered that a Power
Holding Company of Nigeria,
PHCN, high tension wire was said
to have fallen within the water-
logged premises of the victim at
59, Gapiona Avenue, Benin City,
resulting in the discharge of
electric current in the flood
water.
Ekuase was said to have stepped
into the water and electrocuted.
Reacting to the incident, Public
Affairs Manager of the Benin
Zone of PHCN, Mr. Babatunde
Fadipe said: ”Whatever manner
in which the accident occurred,
the information on ground
which we are investigating is
that the high tension wire fell in
the area where he traversed and
unfortunately, he was
electrocuted. The company is
investigating with a view to
preventing future occurrence.”