At least 20 people were killed in Port Harcourt on Saturday when a cable fell onto a bus and electrocuted people inside, the police said.
The police confirmed 20 deaths, but a spokeswoman, Rita Abbey, said the toll could climb higher.

Most of the dead had been passengers on the bus, though some had been passing nearby when the cable came tumbling down during heavy rains that have pummeled southern Nigeria.

The police could not say how many had been on the bus.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/world/africa/14nigeria.html

The Slaughter bus stop happens to be my route to and from work weekly since I leave at PH Town and work at Onne. I am one of the few people that will THANK GOD daily, I was returning from work that morning when the incident happened if not for the early morning traffic jam at the Worji bridge that morning that delayed our bus coming from Akpajo to Slaughter I probably would have been among those poor victims.

The Police report is false because I saw the victims lying there on the road they were more than 30 persons I saw myself already dead, the cable cut and fell on two buses loading Agreey (PH Town), one was filled up with 18 persons while the other was loading and there are food and alcoholic vendors, recharge card vendors and people that just hang around because of the rain when the cable cut.

It is such a tragedy, I which PHCN should be sued for poor maintenance of their installations. And I which and pray that God should remember these poor victims in the day of his resurrection.

May their gentle soul's rest in perfect peace,

Just learnt a colleague was among the dead.
May their souls rest in peace.

it was so sad

What a horrific incident.

May their soul rest in perfect peace.

My sympathy to the affected families and I pray God will give them the fortitude to bear their losses.

PHCN should be sued and ordered to pay compensations to the families of the deceased.

very sad

One has to thank God. But this tragedy goes a long way to show the irresponsibility of NEPA people.

may there souls rest in peace amen

. .sOOO00oo sad!

Truth is the death toll is closer to 80 than the 20 originally reported.
The report is highly inacurate.

NEPA is highly culpable for the death of these people.

My friend dat lives in Woji told me there were abt 60 persons dead including his deskmate in d office. May their souls continue to haunt those who failed in their responsibility to avert dis catastrophe! Amen.

May the soul of the departed rest in peace profound!

May God give their families fortitude to bear the loss!!

9jafreak:

PHCN should be sued and ordered to pay compensations to the families of the deceased.

ur talking as if u r not in Nigeria. Sue them & i bet u'll never get anything out it.

I'm 1 of the pple that went out that morning after the incident 4sight seeing. It was very very horrible. That a thing like this can happen in a country like Nigeria. Where countries like Ghana, SA, are using the modern technology of running Amoured Cables undergroung. The casualities is upto 50.
We should be talking about how to avoid recurrence. There is no maintenance culture in the 1st place. I see always @my PHCN monthly bill some amt surcharge for meter maintenance & all that, &never 4 one day have I seen any maintenance work by PHCN.

NL pls in a position u see urself, help ur fellow citizens by doing the good thing.

May God grant them eternal rest!

may the good lord have mercy on their souls.

Such a terrible thing to happen humans. So sad. May their souls rest in perfect peace and may God grant the families the fortitude to bear the loss.

I dont know why we dont learn from incidents like this.something similar to this happened close to my office in lagos towards the end of last year, it was indeed a terrible way to die.R I P the dead and may God console the bereaved.This is the country where live means nothing to us.

what a pity

MsTom:

Such a terrible thing to happen humans. So sad. May their souls rest in perfect peace and may God grant the families the fortitude to bear the loss.

AMEN!!What a pity.

so bad to hear this.may their so rest in perfect peace Amen

it is well,

I really sympathize with the families of the victims.May their souls rest in perfect peace

My heart goes out to the families of the victims.

Oh Naija my Naija, our infrastructure is crumbling before our eyes!

it's unfortunate, may their souls RIP

@poster!! someone just said,"slaughter bus stop" is that the name of the bus stop really jezz!!! may dia soul rest in perfect peace.

some people need to lose their jobs over this.

Who in their right mind names a bus stop 'slaughter'?. . . .oh, the irony. . . .

@Tudor, u can say that again my dear,