Ogidi mourns as only son, one other electrocuted

 Jamie Chukwuemelie Enechukwu of www.odogwublog.com reports that Ogidi is in mourn as the only son of a family in Uruoji village, Ogidi,  Idemili North Local Government Area Council headquarters, Anambra State, were yesterday electrocuted while trying to fix

a fallen Television, TV, antenna pole on a public club centre. He died with one other person.

The incident, which occurred along Onitsha-Ogidi-Awka old road, Ogidi, attracted large sympathisers who trouped to have a glimpse of the two corpses lying on the ground.

The dead only son who owned the club centre, was said to be fixing

the fallen pole in preparation for the European league football match

fixture billed for yesterday so as not to disappoint his customers who

would come to watch the match live on payment of certain amount of money.

As he was doing that with the help of a customer, who had just

finished his Post- Primary School Certificate Examination, the pole

touched the high tension wire that passes through the front view of

the club centre and both got electrocuted immediately.

The father of the only son is said to be bed ridden for years now as a

result of High Blood Pressure, HBP.

Confirming the incident, the Ogidi Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Mr

Mark Ijarafu, said, "we are on the ground, planning to deposit the

corpses at Iyi-Enu Mission hospital morgue, Ogidi"

He urged club centre owners and others to always be wary of electrical

Appliances where ever they may be to avoid sudden death.

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