MAN ELECTROCUTED IN JOS

A 28-year-old electrician was, Tuesday, electrocuted in Apata area of
Jos, the Plateau State capital while trying to fix a problem on an
electricity pole in the area.
The man identified as Chukwuebuka Eze, according to eyewitnesses,
climbed the pole in Agwan Lambu quarters around noon ostensibly to
change the supply phase to his shop when the Power Holding of Nigeria,
PHCN,suddenly restored light, which electrocutedhim.
According to an eyewitness, his shirt caught fire and burnt out even
as his body remained glued to the electric line.
A loud spark was said to have been heard as he was electrocuted,
drawing the attention of neighbours who watched helplessly.
A woman identified as a neighbour to the deceased screamed as she came
out and saw himon fire and dangling from the pole describing the
incident as "terrible and horrifying."
"I just heard people shouting and I rushed out to see a man on top of
an electric pole with hisshirt on fire; I did not even know that it
was my neighbour; this is terrible", she later .
Some onlookers rushed to PHCN office to lodgea report for the
electricity supply to the area tobe cut off and it took the combined
effort of PHCN officials and some concerned residents to bring down
the corpse of the deceased .
The corpse was later taken away by the PHCN officials accompanied by
three policemen.
The deceased said to be in his late twenties and who hailed from
Anambra State and only on Sunday launched a gospel album. It was
learnt that his relations and kinsmen have been contacted.
SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/man-electrocuted-in-jos/