PHCN staff electrocuted in Ekiti

A PHCN staff  Mr Samuel Job Isaac was electrocuted while working on an electrical fault at NTA road in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday .

Isaac, allegedly met his death when a high tension cable landed on him while trying to repair a fault on the electrical pole. He died on the spot.
His body, which was badly burnt, was said to have been deposited at the morgue. The public relations officer of the Ekiti PHCN district, Mr Kayode Brown, said the victim was working on the feeder to detect fault on the high tension, which had caused power outage in the area.

He said Isaac was employed about three years ago and had cognate experience to handle such electrical work, adding that the victim might have died of what he called “back-feed” on the high tension. Chairman of Ado Local Government Area of the state, Mr Sunday Ibitoye, who visited the scene of the incident, expressed shock about the incident.