A 37-year old man has lost his life after being electrocuted when he tried to change over from generator power to the main grid while watching TV in Sapele, Delta State.
The incident was said to have happened on Sunday, September 6, at about 1:35 pm along Oleh road in the timber town.
William Madu, who works with a water processing company, was watching a sitcom in his house when the power company restored power. He stood up to put change over but was electrocuted.
A source told Vanguard: “He left his one-room to switch off the generator set and the next thing we heard was a little boy screaming, we dashed out to find him struggling with the wire and we had to switch off power from the building before we could rescue him.”