In what will come across as a really heartbreaking development, an electricity worker has been killed on duty.
This is the moment an electricity worker in Kano was photographed after he was electrocuted.
The man identified as Usaini Usman, a 37 year old official of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company [KERDCO], was electrocuted while disconnecting an electricity cable in Kano.
The event occurred today August 19th.
Usaini reportedly lost his life after his head made contact with a high tension power line at the Federal College of Education, Kano.
He was rushed to the Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital where he was confirmed dead.
The event has thrown the area into gloom as groups of people reportedly gathered to talk about the occurrence and some women were seen weeping openly as Usaini was brought down.
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