Man Electrocuted By PHCN High Tension Wire In Owerri

A young man, in his middle age by name, Ifeanyi Akammadu, who was working with a farm along Egbeada road, has actually supposedly been electrocuted.

The deceased, Akammadu was claimed to be a local of Obile community in Ohaji/Egbema local government location of Imo State.
Verifying the sad incident to journalists in Owerri, the younger brother of the dead man, Mr. Azunna Akammadu claimed both of them finished tilling the dirt opposite the Federal Housing Estate, Egbeada with his older brother.
“My elder brother however decided to climb the mango tree in the farm to cut off some of its branches to allow sun rays to reach the soil”, Azunna ran through with sorrow.
Continuing, Azunna stated that the very first branch of the tree he cut down dropped on a high tension line of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, adding that part of the branch additionally leaned on among the deceased’s leg.
“He was electrocuted at the same time. In a bid to conserve his life, individuals promptly informed authorities of PHCN to switch off public power quickly as soon as this thing occurred”, Azunna stated.
The aggrieved young man lamented that 3 hrs after the preliminary call was made with PHCN authorities, none of the officials responded or checked out the setting of the occurrence to see for themselves.