A soldier attached to a Commissioner in Delta State, yesterday beat an official of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to coma.
The offence of the PHCN official: Directing motorists, including the commissioner, to steer clear of a live electric cable.
The pole bearing the cable had been felled by a Swamp buggy belonging to the commissioner’s Ministry, destroying some electrical installations in Sapele.
It was learnt that in the process of clearing the drainages, the buggy fell over five electric poles and cut down live cables.
Worried that people could be electrocuted, some PHCN staffers were said to have directed the buggy and a vehicle carrying soldiers attached to it to steer clear of the area. In anger, one of the soldiers descended on the PHCN official beating him mercilessly for daring to question their work.
It was learnt that while the soldier was beating the official, PHCN’s Business Manager in the unit, Engr Orhukpe F.A, rushed to scene, pleading with the Commissioner to prevail on the soldier to stop further attack. The Commissioner was said to have rebuffed him.
It was only when some irate youths started gathering at place that the soldier left the PHCN official in a pool of his own blood.
As a result of the incident, the people of Ugbekoko road axis of the city have been thrown into darkness, owing to the serious damage on the 11KV Feeder Transformer which supplies electricity to the area. The Public Relations Officer of Sapele Business Unit of the PHCN, Mrs Evelyn Gbiwen, told newsmen yesterday that the buggy also damaged poles and cables which supply electricity to the area.
Mrs Gbiwen said the damage was occurred when the buggy rammed into the 11KV feeder transformer and destroyed it completely.
She said that when the incident occurred, staff of PHCN on duty, led by the Service Manager, one Mr Ogbotor, responded to save the area from possible case of electrocution, by preventing passers-by from stepping on live cables.
She further said, while trying to make the area safe, the PHCN official and some of his colleagues directed the articulated vehicle driver and soldiers attached to it to steer clear from the area, but the soldiers following the Commissioner started beating them up, thus creating pandemonium.
She confirmed that the PHCN staff that were trapped and severely beaten to a pulp by the soldiers had been admitted at the Sapele Clinic where they had been placed under intensive treatment.
The offence of the PHCN official: Directing motorists, including the commissioner, to steer clear of a live electric cable.
The pole bearing the cable had been felled by a Swamp buggy belonging to the commissioner’s Ministry, destroying some electrical installations in Sapele.
It was learnt that in the process of clearing the drainages, the buggy fell over five electric poles and cut down live cables.
Worried that people could be electrocuted, some PHCN staffers were said to have directed the buggy and a vehicle carrying soldiers attached to it to steer clear of the area. In anger, one of the soldiers descended on the PHCN official beating him mercilessly for daring to question their work.
It was learnt that while the soldier was beating the official, PHCN’s Business Manager in the unit, Engr Orhukpe F.A, rushed to scene, pleading with the Commissioner to prevail on the soldier to stop further attack. The Commissioner was said to have rebuffed him.
It was only when some irate youths started gathering at place that the soldier left the PHCN official in a pool of his own blood.
As a result of the incident, the people of Ugbekoko road axis of the city have been thrown into darkness, owing to the serious damage on the 11KV Feeder Transformer which supplies electricity to the area. The Public Relations Officer of Sapele Business Unit of the PHCN, Mrs Evelyn Gbiwen, told newsmen yesterday that the buggy also damaged poles and cables which supply electricity to the area.
Mrs Gbiwen said the damage was occurred when the buggy rammed into the 11KV feeder transformer and destroyed it completely.
She said that when the incident occurred, staff of PHCN on duty, led by the Service Manager, one Mr Ogbotor, responded to save the area from possible case of electrocution, by preventing passers-by from stepping on live cables.
She further said, while trying to make the area safe, the PHCN official and some of his colleagues directed the articulated vehicle driver and soldiers attached to it to steer clear from the area, but the soldiers following the Commissioner started beating them up, thus creating pandemonium.
She confirmed that the PHCN staff that were trapped and severely beaten to a pulp by the soldiers had been admitted at the Sapele Clinic where they had been placed under intensive treatment.
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