By Amos Aar
BARELY a month after seven persons died from electrocution and many others seriously injured in Wadata area of Makurdi, the Benue State capital, another incident has been recorded in the High Level of the capital last Saturday, 9th April, 2022 at about 5pm.
A teenage girl, whose name is yet to be known, reportedly fetched water and was passing beside LHYW EGG and Meat Shop close to High Level Market and she held a metal door of the shop to which she immediately got stuck.
Some sympathizers rushed to the scene with dry sticks and hit the victim’s hand repeatedly before she was withdrawn from the iron door.
Although she was rescued alive, the girl’s finger was cut together with a vein removed and it remained stuck on the door as at the time of filing this report.
Residents said that before the incident, there were complaints that the doors on some shops were shocking people and it was attributed to faulty electric wiring.
The problem of electrocution has become frequent and worrisome hence the need for Jos Electricity Distribution Company (Jos DISCO), which is in charge of Benue, has been asked by Makurdi residents to look into.
Feature photo on top captures the victim of electrocution.
