A
forty-one-year (41) old man from Atani-Adadama in Abi Local Government Area of
Cross River State has been electrocuted at the University of Calabar, in Cross
River State, Owojela’s Blog reports.
An
eyewitness, Edet Ekpenyong said the victim, Michael Enang Edu, a former staff
of PHEDC was electrocuted while trying to restore power in the university with
his colleagues.
He said,
“the victim was trying to work on a faulty line when his colleagues
inadvertently turned on the power that was earlier turned off and in the
process he was electrocuted and later died.”
Consequent
upon the incident, the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the university, Prof. Zana
Akpagu was alleged to have offered Michael Edu’s wife an automatic job.
But the
Chairman, Board of Media and Community Relations of the University, Dr. Joseph
Ekpang while confirming the incident said he doesn’t know about the automatic employment
of the victim’s wife.
“Unfortunately,
I cannot confirm the story about the VC giving a job to the late man’s wife.
But I can confirm that the man was electrocuted while trying to reconnect
UNICAL which had been disconnected in error.”
Late Edu
died leaving two kids (daughters) and a pregnant wife.
Before his
death, he lived with his family at Ediba Road, Opposite Assemblies of God
Church, Ediba Qua, in Calabar.
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