MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited (MEDL) has confirmed the electrocution of one of its staff, Issac Dike, in Enugu State.

Dike, according to the company until his death was a linesman attached to its Ogui District.

Head of Communications, MEDL, Emeka Ezeh, disclosed in a statement issued in Enugu, that the incident occurred on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at about 3:25 p.m., while the deceased was carrying out a yet-to-be-established activity within a 300KVA/11KV/0.415KV distribution substation located on Giraffe Street, Ekulu East Estate (Zoo Estate), Enugu State.

Ezeh stated that a detailed investigation into the incident would be conducted.

He however, added that preliminary findings revealed that the deceased had gone to the location with a driver assigned to his team.

Ezeh, disclosed that the driver denied knowledge of the specific work activity that took them to the estate, as well as the identity of the customer who allegedly requested the service.

“Further investigation indicated that the deceased did not inform any member of his team about his movement to Ekulu East Estate for any work-related activity”, he added.

Ezeh further said that checks on the company’s fault report log and its Complaint Management System (CMS) indicated no record of any complaint from customers in Ekulu East Estate prior to the incident.

He added that there was also “no record of any approved outage request for work to be carried out in the area on the day of the incident, suggesting that the accident may have resulted from an unauthorised or illegal activity”.

He added: “It is unfortunate that we lost him under such circumstances. Our hearts go out to his family, and we pray for the repose of his soul,” Ezeh said

He confirmed that his lifeless body was subsequently brought down from the high-tension pole and taken to the Emergency Unit of the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Colliery, Enugu.

The incident had also been reported at the Abakaliki Road Police Station, Enugu, and his remains deposited at the morgue, Ezeh said. (The Guardian)

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