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Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by Joclebs(m): 6:07am On May 31, 2022
A high court in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, has awarded N200 million as compensation to a 12-year-old girl, Hamsatu Abdullahi, who was electrocuted by a cable belonging to telecommunication giant, MTN.

The Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO) is a co-defendant in the suit.

The injuries Miss Abdullahi sustained in the incident led to amputation of both her hands and one of her
legs.
Her father Abdullahi Koki sought redress from the house high court after her daughter’s electrocution at an MTN facility in front of the plaintiff’s house.

Mr Koki said he had complained about the citing of a mast in front of his house but was ignored. The incident occurred in 2012 at Chumbusko Village in Karasuwa local government area of Yobe state.

The judge, Lawu Lawan, awarded the N200 million damages jointly and against MTN Nigeria Ltd and Nigeria Electricity Liability Management in favour of Hamsatu.

The judgement read in part: “I hold that the plaintiff has duly established by oral and documentary credible and unchallenged evidence against the defendants.
“I equally hold that the plaintiff is entitled to claims from the defendants jointly and severally as compensating or general damages for the permanent disablement via the loss of her two hands, right leg, continuous pains medical treatment, anguish, shock and continuous psychological trauma and loss of amenities of life caused by the defendants’ act and omissions.”


https://www.blueprint.ng/court-awards-n200-million-to-yobe-girl-electrocuted-by-mtn-cable/

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by BlessedJonMoss: 6:20am On May 31, 2022
Fair judgment

I feel the education and welfare of the victim should also have been made the responsibility MTN

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by Northernblood5(m): 6:36am On May 31, 2022
Person Wey don loose hand and leg for this kind country so. Na God go save am

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by chatinent: 6:42am On May 31, 2022
It should have been $1bn. Her arms are irreplaceable.

In this critical times hard to deal with, a young girl is losing parts of her body? Mehn.

Well, I am a thesis and dissertation writer.

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by yanabasee(m): 6:53am On May 31, 2022
200mil is like a little percentage of what they gain from only sms they get from Nigerians on a daily.....

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by realstars: 6:56am On May 31, 2022
Good.. After 10 years, justice at last.

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by justicechichex: 6:59am On May 31, 2022
Science can fix artificial hands and leg. But the 200m go do? Unless they want to be servants to the gal for life...


Nice one from the judge though

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by robinso01(m): 7:12am On May 31, 2022
1billion would have been ok na

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by sirjoggy(m): 7:58am On May 31, 2022
200mill too small na

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by Adfcb: 7:58am On May 31, 2022
Blessing in disguise
Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by Mumusaphire: 7:59am On May 31, 2022
Good

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by Hadone(m): 7:59am On May 31, 2022
Ok
Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by KIDfurniture(m): 7:59am On May 31, 2022
Another blessing but in an unfortunate way…!!! Her family will squander the funds

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by wink2015(m): 8:00am On May 31, 2022
They should give her artificial limb to enable her manage her life at least to reduce the challenges she had to go through all her life with a loose of her hands.

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by linkers: 8:01am On May 31, 2022
That money is damn small

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by Maxikenna: 8:01am On May 31, 2022
Judgment is not good enough. The girl cannot do any useful work in her life again. Lawyers will also take their fees. The judgement should have been up to 500 million naira plus MTN should be responsible for paying her legal fees. At 10 million per year for a life span of say 50 years, 500 million would have been okay.
Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by bigdammyj: 8:01am On May 31, 2022
Good news.

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by indodon(m): 8:02am On May 31, 2022
Na the family go enjoy the money

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by Noshitboi(m): 8:02am On May 31, 2022
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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by DsilentStranger(m): 8:03am On May 31, 2022
Adfcb:
Blessing in disguise
Me nor dey understand how some persons dey reason, blessing in disguise for loosing both hands and one leg, even 1B nah manage, health is wealth bro

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by Honestfrend: 8:03am On May 31, 2022
Good one from the George..

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by Nobody: 8:04am On May 31, 2022
Northernblood5:
Person Wey don loose two hands and a leg for this kind country so. Na God go save am
Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by loadedvibes: 8:05am On May 31, 2022
Them go pay ?.. Nigeria needs to do more on the enforcement of these judgements.

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by succri(m): 8:05am On May 31, 2022
They Paid her enough not to be too comfortable, a million $ would have surfice
Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by jehoha696(m): 8:05am On May 31, 2022
Hands amputed,legs out...#200m as compensation,mtchew afta 10yrs dem try sha,but d amount small jare,the judge for say make mtn sponsor her education till any level she wishes nd give her a job,still afta paying dat 200m

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by jmoore(m): 8:06am On May 31, 2022
Has NEPA ever paid compensation to anybody for electrocution?

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by one4GOD(f): 8:06am On May 31, 2022
Joclebs:



https://www.blueprint.ng/court-awards-n200-million-to-yobe-girl-electrocuted-by-mtn-cable/
ten year before justice is granted, nah waoooh, anyways better late than never someone would say.

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by MrBachelor: 8:08am On May 31, 2022
10 years

That's how long it took for justice to be served. This country na wa.

Besides, that amount is too small.

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by Bahamas95(m): 8:09am On May 31, 2022
That money is too small as compensation for that kinda damage.

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by MMWandali: 8:10am On May 31, 2022
MTN should know better that they need to give such compensation even without the girl and her family sueing them

That is reasonable and a common sense

N200M is inadequate

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Re: Court Awards ₦200 Million To Yobe Girl Electrocuted By MTN Cable by Bahamas95(m): 8:12am On May 31, 2022
Adfcb:
Blessing in disguise
That money is peanut compared to the damage done to that girl.......I don't see any blessing there.

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