A man, Jonathan Agwu, was weekend electrocuted at Agba Abor-Isu in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Vanguard learned that the victim was electrocuted when he went to tamper with a high tension power line isolated by Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC.
Speaking on the incident, the Public Relations Officer of EEDC in Ebonyi, Mr. Lazarus Chiedozie Onyearugbulam, said the victim was not a staff of the company.
“The man went to do our work, he decided to turn himself into EEDC staff by force by climbing up to tamper with a line that was isolated by the company to help them trace where there is fault.
So, he went there on his own, a 33KVA high tension line and unfortunately he paid the ultimate price,” Onyearugbulem said.
The deceased, according to sources, is said to be a native of Umufu village, Amanato in Isu but was not known to be an EEDC staff in the state.
