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An employee of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), has been electrocuted while carrying out repairs on a 33KVA line.
The tragedy occurred at Evwreni community in Ughelli north local government area of Delta State.
It was gathered that the deceased, simply identified as Kingsley, was electrocuted while reconnecting a damaged cable on the high tension cable transmitting electricity current to Uwheru, Patani, Bomadi and other communities in the state.
According to eyewitness, the deceased met his untimely death when electricity was suddenly restored to the high tension pole on which he was working.
“He is from Evwreni community and we know him as a BEDC staff all these years until the unfortunate incident occurred on Monday afternoon,” the source said.
When contacted, BEDC’s Public Relations Officer, Evelyn Gbiwen, said she was on leave and had not been briefed about the incident.
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