A student of Niger Delta University simply identified as Jonah, was eletrocuted while working on an electric fault after allegedly falling on an exposed wire
Upon being rushed to General Hospital, Igopiri, following his electrocution while working at Ogbolomaibiri, Nembe, Bayelsa state, the young man was pronounced dead on arrival.
It an also be recalled that a student of Rivers State University was electrocuted by a high tension cable of the PHED, somewhere around the school campus.
According to the report, the female student whose body was found lying lifeless close to the schools main gate shuttle park, died while trying to move across an erosion after a heavy rain that started in the early hours of Tuesday
A reliable source said:
“The erosion she was trying to get across had a high tension wire in it as a result of a pole that fell yesterday (Monday 12th), the Deceased had no idea there was a wire in the water
It was also gathered that men of the PHED was contacted on Monday, the day the electric pole fell but all efforts to get them address the situation had seem fruitless.
According to reports, the total number of reported students death cases on campus has been summed up to three (3) since the beginning of the semester in the Rivers State
