BY GBENGA ARIYIBI

ADO EKITI – Residents of Satellite  Area, NTA Road,  Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State,   Wednesday wept uncontrollably when   a middle aged  staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Mr. Samuel Job Isaac was  electrocuted  and died instantly.

Isaac was until his death a  contract member of staff of the company and  an electrical/electronics engineering  graduate  of Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke.

The unfortunate incident which occurred at about 10.04 a.m. had attracted the attention of the residents who tried in vain to save the life of the PHCN worker whose body was dangling in between the two tension wires.

Isaac who had reported for work as early as 8 a.m. yesterday  was assigned the responsibility of rectifying a fault in the spot before he met his untimely death.

Shortly after climbing a ladder, the deceased was said to have received a shock from a high tension  wire that snapped while he was performing his duty.

According to a PHCN source, the power surge caused  a serious damage to the Isaac’s  body, as his clothe  and body  got burnt during the process.

One of the residents who spoke with Vanguard under the condition of anonymity, said he was attracted to the scene of the incident because of the screaming of neighbours.

Meantime, the victim’s  charred body had been deposited at the morgue of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado- Ekiti,

Describing what led to the death of the  PHCN worker, the  Public Relations Officer of the company, Mr. Kayode Brown, said the victim was  working on the fee- der to detect some faults on the high tension lines that had occasioned power outage in the area.

He said Isaac was employed about three years ago and had gott cognate experience to handle sensitive electrical work.

According to  Brown  the victim must have died of  a situation he described as ‘back-feed’ on the high tension, which he branded a very uncommon phenomenon in  power supply.