{"id":19599,"date":"2020-06-08T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T10:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19599"},"modified":"2020-06-08T10:50:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T10:50:02","slug":"police-officer-electrocuted-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19599","title":{"rendered":"Police officer electrocuted in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/police-nigeria-.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/covid-19-woman-assaults-police-officer-2-others-in-oyo-video\/\">police officer<\/a>, Lasaka Habila, was on Sunday electrocuted in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Habila, a Chief Superintendent of Police, was electrocuted while cutting leaves from a tree opposite the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in a major area of the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eyewitnesses told journalists that the body of the late police officer was stuck to the tree, while a machete along with severed tree branches laid at the foot of the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to them, Habila was electrocuted when one of the tree branches touched the high tension cable which ran atop the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was eventually brought down by the search and rescue team of the FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and taken to the National Hospital where he was confirmed dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Director- General of FEMA, Idriss Abbas, who expressed sadness at the incident, urged residents of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/fct-discharges-11-covid-19-patients\/\">FCT<\/a>&nbsp;to seek approval from the Department of Parks and Recreation before felling trees in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;police officer, Lasaka Habila, was on Sunday electrocuted in Abuja. 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