Sunday, August 2, 2026 -A staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, has been electrocuted while repairing a fault on an electricity pole in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State.
The incident occurred on Saturday, August 1, 2026 opposite
the Federal Polytechnic Satellite Campus where the BEDC staff was working to
restore power to residents in the area following a disruption.
According to eyewitnesses, the man was on top of the
electric pole when he suddenly became weak and appeared disoriented, raising
fears that he had suffered an electric shock.
Panic broke out among residents and passersby who
immediately raised the alarm.
Sources at the scene said his fellow BEDC staff was the
first to assist him before operatives of the Ekiti State Fire and Emergency
Service arrived to help bring him down from the pole.
He was thereafter rushed to a nearby hospital for medical
treatment.
Hospital sources confirmed that he later d!ed while
receiving treatment
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