Relatives of Mr. Friday Ekuase, who was electrocuted in Benin by wire of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, yesterday chased away officials of the company who came to take the wire.
It was learnt that the PHCN officials, who allegedly refused to immediately switch-off electricity supply to the area when the incident occurred, did not show up till yesterday.
The aggrieved family members, it was gathered, attacked the PHCN officials when they tried to roll away the fallen wire.
It took the intervention of the residents of the area to stop the confrontation from degenerating into an outbreak of violence.
Ekuase, a middle-aged man, was electrocuted when a live wire fell on top of the gate of his house during an early morning downpour.
According to witnesses, the high tension wire fell in the water-logged premises of the victim situated at No. 59, Gapiona Avenue, Benin.
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