By Okungbowa Aiwerie, Asaba
An unidentified 35-year-old man has been electrocuted while attempting to disconnect Christmas decorations along the popular Nnebisi road in Asaba-the Delta State Capital.
The Nation gathered that the victim popularly called Jaja was engaged by a contractor of the Asaba Capital Territory Development Agency to dismantle the decorations when he was electrocuted.
An eyewitness said the victim was disconnecting the decorations when a live wire connected to the street lights fell on the metal ladder he was standing on.
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He said, “Jaja climbed the pole with a metal ladder to disconnect the street lights. One of the wires suddenly dropped resting on the ladder he was standing on and was immediately electrocuted.”
Delta Police image-maker, DSP Onome Onowakpoyeya confirmed the incident.
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