Student electrocuted during rainstorm in Enugu
The Diocesan Director of Communications, Rev.- Fr. Matthew Eze, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Nsukka on Friday.He also prayed to God to give the bereaved family and friends, students, management and staff of the school the fortitude to bear the death.An eyewitness account said that the JSS2 student, identified as Maureen Amadi, was electrocuted around 9.30 pm outside her hostel.
It was learnt that she got electrocuted when she allegedly had contact with a wire from an electric pole said to have been pulled down by a thunderstorm. The Principal of the school, Rev.-Fr. Luke Eze, was said to have led a delegation of the school to Aku in Igboetiti Local Government Area for the burial of the deceased, when NAN correspondent visited the school.
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