Two employees of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company were, on Tuesday, electrocuted.
The duo were said to have met the sudden death when power was suddenly restored in an area where they were working on a pole.
The victim’s names identities had not been known as of the time of publishing this report.
‘The Punch’, however, quotes a concerned person Victor Ojie, who is the Director-General, Young Nigerians Organisation, as saying:
“Over time, this ugly trend has been happening in Delta State; employees of the BEDC have been dying on the job. I wonder why the company cannot provide safety gadgets for its workers,” he said.
“When the workers want to go to the field, they usually switch off power lines that link to the area of work. After finishing the work, they will radio the office to switch the power on. Some of them sabotage themselves by switching it on while work is still ongoing, but if they have a safety guard, they will not be electrocuted. The families of the victims are in pain now; so, we urge the BEDC to compensate the families.”
