{"id":10379,"date":"2020-04-22T14:31:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10379"},"modified":"2020-04-22T14:31:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:31:10","slug":"labourer-electrocuted-in-ebonyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=10379","title":{"rendered":"Labourer electrocuted in Ebonyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cable-line-wire-on-pole-in-nigeria.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A middle-aged man was on Tuesday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/gateman-electrocuted-day-employment\/\">electrocuted<\/a>&nbsp;in Abakaliki area of Ebonyi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident occurred along the Abakaliki\/Enugu highway at about 12:00noon on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An eyewitness told journalists the victim was a labourer digging a channel for a mobile telecommunication cable when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the deceased, whose identity has not been ascertained, climbed a tree to cut some leaves to cover his water container from heat, but the cutlass he used came in contact with the tree branches lying on a high-tension cable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThe man is one of the daily paid labourers engaged by one of the mobile telecommunication companies laying underground cable in Abakaliki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe climbed the tree to cut some of its leaves to cover his container of water, but unknown to him some of the branches were touching the high-tension wire close to the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe man was electrocuted. His corpse has been deposited at a hospital mortuary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spokesperson of the state police command, Mrs. Loveth Odah, confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She, however, said her office has not been officially briefed on the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI got a phone call on this ugly incident, but before I could get there, the road safety officials had evacuated the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/nigerian-govt-says-corpses-of-covid-19-patients-will-not-be-released-to-families\/\">corpse<\/a>&nbsp;and deposited it at the mortuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor now, my office is yet to be officially briefed on the matter. It is a very sad and unfortunate incident,\u201d Odah said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A middle-aged man was on Tuesday&nbsp;electrocuted&nbsp;in Abakaliki area of Ebonyi. The incident occurred along the Abakaliki\/Enugu highway at about 12:00noon on Tuesday. 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