The Civil Defense, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has approved the suspension of seven senior officers of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) over the electrocution of five inmates in Ikoyi, Lagos. Also suspended is one junior personnel of the service over the unfortunate incident. 5 inmates electrocuted in Ikoyi Correctional Centre Mr Francis Enobore, […]
…as Activists lambasts EEDC, Anambra state Government for insensitivity At last one person has died and another hospitalized at Borromeo hospital Onitsha, following their electrocution by high tension cable while they were crossing the MCC pedestrian bridge on bridge in the commercial city of Anambra state. One of the victims, Mr. Ifeanyi Nwankwo, who hails […]
Sympathisers at Alagbaka area of Akure, Ondo state at the weekend wept uncontrollably when a staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Compmay (BEDC), Mr. Daisi Isaac Aregbesola was electrocuted and died instantly. The unfortunate incident which occurred around 5:00 pm attracted the attention of some passersby mostly motorists who tried in vain to save the […]
The Network for Electricity Consumers Advocacy of Nigeria (NECAN), on Tuesday raised the alarm over the huge number of Nigerians killed by electrocution in 2017. This was disclosed by the National Secretary of NECAN, Uket Abonga, while appraising poor power infrastructure across the country. Abong said that 366 Nigerians lost their lives to electrocution, describing […]