Nigeria: three workers electrocuted by 11 kV line in Onitsha
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
Three workers, Chukwudi Ukwa, Frank Okafor and Somadina Nwabuike, were electrocuted in Onitsha, Anambra State, when a metal pole intended for a water tank fell onto an 11 kV power line. The accident happened on 19 October 2026 during work connected with borehole drilling, the Daily Post reports, while police investigate the circumstances.
Three workers were electrocuted to death on 19 October 2026 in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria, after a metal pole fell onto an 11 kV power line. The men were trying to install a support for a water tank at a property on Old Port Harcourt Road, the Nigerian newspaper Daily Post reports.
The victims, identified as Chukwudi Ukwa, Frank Okafor and Somadina Nwabuike, were part of a team working for a contractor hired to drill a borehole. Police officers from Fegge police station took their bodies to Onitsha General Hospital. The property owner, identified as Mr Steven, was assisting police with their investigation, according to a source quoted by the newspaper.
FirstPower Electricity Distribution Company, which supplies electricity in the area, warned that metal objects coming into contact with live power lines can cause fatal electrocution. Its communications officer, Izunna Okafor, urged residents to report dangerous work and encroachment on power line corridors.
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