Tuesday, May 27, 2025 -A fallen high-tension cable belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company electrocuted a three-year-old girl in Awka, the Anambra State capital.
The incident happened at Isaiah Morah Close on Saturday
after the minor stepped on the cable.
According to Punch, the high-tension cable had fallen
the previous day and all efforts to get it removed failed.
Some residents in the area who spoke to journalists on
Monday, said the officials of the power company who were contacted demanded the
sum of N30,000 to fix the cable and after the money was paid to them, they
still did not com.“The electric cable fell on Friday and it was only fixed on
Sunday, May 24, 2025, after it had electrocuted the girl,” a resident, Uche,
said.
"The incident was posted on our WhatsApp group and a
team was dispatched by the power company to immediately respond, but they could
not locate the place. After allegedly trying their best, they went back to the
office.
"The three-year-old girl who was electrocuted lived with
her mother and other people in a house under construction and partly abandoned
in the street.
"They usually go out to fetch water from other
compounds. But unfortunately, on that fateful day, as she was coming home, she
stepped on the fallen cable not knowing that the cable had power.
“The innocent girl went near and was electrocuted. When
other children saw what happened, they shouted and the adults who ran out
carefully pulled her off, rushing her to Awka Medical Centre at Udoka gate, but
she did not make it."
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