Tragedy occured on Wednesday 5th June,2024 at a popular wine Bar located at gas turbine road,Rumuekini,Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers state when an electrical technician simply identified as Austin said to be from Kogi State was electrocuted while carrying out repairs work in the ceiling of the facility.
We gathered that the staff of the wine bar were thrown into confusion on what to do immediately the incident occured.
We learnt that some concerned neighbours had raised alarm after they learnt about the incident which prompted the management of the wine Bar to make a formal complaint at the Choba Police Division and officers were drafted to the scene to retrieve the corpse of the deceased and carry out on the spot assessement of the scene.
When contacted,Superintendent of Police(SP) Grace Iringe Koko,Public Relations Officer of Rivers State Police Command confirmed the incident.
SP Koko said “yes I can confirm the incident.Police officers from Choba Police had visited the scene for preliminary investigation and further investigation is still on. The corpse of the deceased has been deposited in mortuary”.