- By TopNews
Tragedy hits as a staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), was electrocuted while repairing a fault on an electricity pole in Ado-Ekiti over the weekend.
According to report, the incident occurred 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.
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.
