A young Nigerian man, Yakubu Alhassan has died a sad death after being electrocuted while trying to fix a faulty transformer fuse.
The residents said the deceased popularly known as Yakubu NEPA was a staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) but the company’s Public Relations Officer, Fadipe Oyebode, said the deceased was neither a staff, service provider nor contractor of AEDC.
A resident of the community, Ibrahim Yahaya, said the incident happened last Friday afternoon at about 12:47 pm.
he said.
Fadipe Oyebode said the place where the 500 KVA transformer is located, is fenced with a gate, usually locked and fastened with a padlock.
According to him, the deceased gained illegal and unauthorized access to the 500KVA distribution substation for reasons best known to him.
he said.
He disclosed that investigations were still going on by AEDC and other relevant stakeholders, stating that the AEDC has also informed NERC, the industry regulator about the incident.
The deceased has since been buried according to Islamic rites.
Mourning his death on Facebook, Ahmed Kabeer said that Yakubu served Anagada community as a volunteer electrician.
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